Adams called on social media companies to do more to identify and remove this type of speech on their platforms.
"I think social media must step up there as a corporate responsibility. When we are watching hate brew online, we could identify using artificial intelligence and other methods to identify those who are talking about violence," Adams said.When it comes to the uptick in subway violence, Sewell said there has been increase in security measures since January, adding more changes are underway.
"We've done over 280,000 additional inspections by uniform personnel in the subway system," Sewell said."Last week, we graduated more recruits from the Police Academy and we're surging more officers into the subway system. We recognize that people need to see a visible presence of police in the subway and we're endeavoring to make sure that that happens."
The suspect faces a federal terrorism charge for the attack last Tuesday. Ten people were shot, and more than a dozen others were hurt.
🤣 ohhhh that’s what we need. Hey ericadamsfornyc maybe just do your job and don’t depend on others. Maybe we try that. Seemed to work for Giuliani and Bloomberg
You can’t monitor everyone.
Well that's just stupid. Social media is ran by extreme left-wingers. They don't consider the things these left-wing criminals say to be hate speech.
Seriously? He’s passing the buck to blame social media?
Working cameras not more cops. That's the lesson we learned from this incident.