Hochul said she holds companies responsible for “fomenting” racist views. “The CEOs of those companies need to be held accountable and assure all of us that they’re taking every step humanly possible to be able to monitor this information,” Hochul said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “How these depraved ideas are fermenting on social media – it’s spreading like a virus now.” “We believe the hateful and discriminatory views promoted in content produced by perpetrators are harmful for society and that their dissemination should be limited in order to prevent perpetrators from publicizing their message,” Twitter said in a statement.Īt a news conference following the attack, New York Gov, Kathy Hochul said social media companies must be more vigilant in monitoring what happens on their platforms and found it inexcusable the livestream wasn’t taken down “within a second.” Earlier, the company’s statement said it “may” remove material produced by perpetrators. In a subsequent emailed statement, the company said it is “removing videos and media related to the incident” and “may remove” tweets disseminating the shooter’s writings.
In these cases, Twitter said it covers images or videos with a “sensitive material” cover that users have to click through in order to view them.īut later Sunday, Twitter changed course on how it was treating material related to the shooting. But the company added that when people share media to condemn it or provide context, sharing videos and other material from the shooter may not be a rules violation. Twitter said Sunday it was working to remove material related to the shooting that violates its rules.
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