New York: Towards a one-year anniversary invaded US Capitol, Twitter Inc.
created a new team to review social networking sites for dangerous content related to the event, the company told Reuters on Tuesday.
The social media platform including Twitter and Facebook was accused of allowing extremists to regulate the siege on January 6, 2021, when supporters of the Republic at the time – President Donald Trump invaded the Capitol to block the victory of Democratic President Joe Joe Biden.
Twitter said employees from teams throughout the company, including integrity and trust and site security, will pay attention to risks associated with warnings, such as tweets and accounts that incite violence.
The company does not say how many people are in the monitoring team.
The company adds it will continue to monitor trending topics and look for results on platforms for dangerous content.
In March, the Chief Executive of Twitter, Google and Meta Platforms Inc., the company was previously known as Facebook, testified in hearing before Congress and was asked by parliamentarians A.S.
Does their platform bear responsibility for riots.
Then-Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey is the only executive that answers “Yes,” but said the “wider ecosystem” must be taken into account.
“Our approach before and after January 6 has taken strong law enforcement on accounts and tweets that incite violence or potentially to lead to offline damage,” said a Twitter spokesman in a statement on Tuesday.