Facebook to Add 3,000 Moderators After Killings on Live

[Exterminator]

In perhaps one of the most needed updates from Facebook these days, the company has announced that it will be adding 3,000 moderators after killings over Facebook Live have become entirely too frequent.

Over the past few months, there have been several high-profile incidents of violence unfolding live on Facebook. Therefore, the company is looking to employ 3,000 people to work on reviewing videos and other flagged reports, in an effort to clean up the network.

"If we're going to build a safe community, we need to respond quickly. We're working to make these videos easier to report so we can take the right action sooner -- whether that's responding quickly when someone needs help or taking a post down," Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a post.

More people, more reporting tools
The 3,000 new employees will be joining the other 4,500 the company already has. Given there are now millions of reports the company gets every week, the process obviously needs to get speedier. A video of a man randomly killing another a few weeks ago remained on the platform for several hours before being taken down.

"These reviewers will also help us get better at removing things we don't allow on Facebook like hate speech and child exploitation. And we'll keep working with local community groups and law enforcement who are in the best position to help someone if they need it -- either because they're about to harm themselves, or because they're in danger from someone else," Zuckerberg explained.

He added that, on top of employing more people, the company is also building better tools to keep the community safe. Facebook has already made it easier for people to report problems, but they're also going to make it faster for reviewers to determine which posts violate the network's standards. They will also be able to contact law enforcement if someone needs help.

It seems the system is already working. Zuckerberg notes that last week a report came in that someone on Live was considering suicide. The company reached out to law enforcement and they were able to prevent this person from hurting himself. "In other cases, we weren't so fortunate," he gloomily adds.

 

[Ink]

You target the worldwide audience and you will attract those types of people.

 

[SHvFl]

3000 people seem like not a lot for 1.3 billion active users per day. Sure it's better than nothing but i doubt they can actually have an impact even if they work full time on reports.

 

[BugCode]

Again, i'm so glad that i have left behind all socialmedia accounts many years ago :yay:

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

Again, i'm so glad that i have left behind all socialmedia accounts many years ago :yay:

Right there with ya on that, I do dabble with Twitter though, Joe Rogan and all my favorite security vendors
are on there. Too much BS on FB and from the looks of it, it's just going to get worse.

 

[Arequire]

3000 people seem like not a lot for 1.3 billion active users per day. Sure it's better than nothing but i doubt they can actually have an impact even if they work full time on reports.

Hopefully there aren't that many incidents of violence being streamed live at any one moment that the mods can handle it but I have my doubts for how effective it'll be.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Facebook have no clues about what happens in their network , you have "not so legal" pages everywhere , but since the members use languages variations not translatable , FB bots can't find them .

 

[Overlord]

Perhaps I am a pessimist, but these 3,000 people will not change so much.

 

[McLovin]

To me it still won't stop people doing those kind of live videos. Even if they have it heavily moderated.

 

[Winter Soldier]

Unfortunately, some people hidden behind an anonymous social account do not have hesitation in offending or insulting other people or posting terrible contents.
I don't use social networks because I can easily live without them.
I just appreciate places where I can share and learn things, and where respect still has its great value.

 

[XhenEd]

I have a feeling that Facebook Live will eventually be scrapped, or at least be limited to select organizations or group of people. It won't be only killings that will be caught live, but all other things and actions not suitable for general audiences. Taking down the "live" feature for the general users will eliminate these problems.

 

[Winter Soldier]

Perhaps I am a pessimist, but these 3,000 people will not change so much.

I think you are a realist @Overlord and I'm with you on that