November 16, 2022, 3:03 PMSenator Gary Peters, a Democrat from Michigan and chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, during a hearing, Sept. 14, 2022 in Washington.U.S. social media companies are prioritizing making a profit over taking down harmful rhetoric that leads to violent extremists perpetuating the ideology, according to a Senate Homeland Security Committee report released on Wednesday.
"Anger is a particularly engaging emotion for folks," he said. "And as you keep providing, and these are algorithms that keep providing information to folks to keep them engaged and then often can go down a dark rabbit hole."He said social media companies have gotten better about taking the harmful content down.
Domestic attacks have been plotted on social media and "inspired by, content on social media," according to the report. The report gives example of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and the shooting in Buffalo, New York, in which a gunman allegedly shot and killed African Americans in a grocery store and livestreamed it, according to the report.In a statement, a YouTube spokesperson said that the company, which is owned by Google, said "responsibility" is its top priority.
"Although Meta, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube have a range of policies aimed at addressing extremist and hateful content on their platforms and have taken steps to mitigate those harms through community guidelines language, human content moderation, and automated content moderation -- borderline, violative, and extreme content is still prevalent across these platforms," the report says.
First Amendment constraints make it so the agency cannot open an investigation solely on the basis of threats, but rather the connectivity of violence to that ideology make it fair game. In a statement to ABC News, the Department of Homeland Security pointed to the more than110 unclassified intelligence products related to domestic violent extremism, as well as six National Terrorism Advisory System bulletins the agency has sent out to partners around the country.
You should be happy they let you stay on after pushing the false and harmful covid content for almost two years. Safe and effective, huh? 🤡 Your news company will die from your wokeness, but nobody cares...
Boom.
It’s called free speech. Rhetoric and lies come from WH
anajade18 Do you know how long it would take to remove all the leftwing fanaticism on Twitter
DrPanMD Just like you Senator Pan. Selling out our kids for your Pharma donations.
They pretty much exist to make a profit. That’s actually how capitalism works. Sorry all you Marxists had to have that explained for you.
Totally incorrect. If you’re weak enough to let social media alter the direction of your life, you don’t need to be on social media.
Not unlike ABC did for years with the ‘Russian Collusion “ disinformation…
And water is wet!!!!!!
What makes you think your empowered to define what is and isn't rhetoric? As far as I am concerned your tweet is nothing but rhetoric. By your standards it should be taken down. The Senate Homeland Security Committee is just 1 opinion developed by a small partisan group.
EM will be going after sites that exploit children, next. Do you have a problem with that? And why don't you pursue it as a media company?
dont forget.. Home land security.. doesnt protect the people.. but companies.. Never forget after the US patriot act was passed,,the very first thing that happens was over 5000 music downloaders were arrested.
Like mainstream medias profit from spreading fear dramatic story’s sensationalising the daily news for rating’s
6 months ago the left was screaming that social media companies were privately owned and could do as they wanted. Now you want this? Crazy.
Fritchy10 And water is wet!!!!!!
There's no democracy that is possible without free speech because any vote decided under such conditions would be meaningless. Anything and everything can be branded 'harmful rhetoric,' it's meaningless. Get over the idea that you can criminalize ideas you don't agree with.
Didn’t abc do the same when you squashed EpsteinIsland story?
The bullshit is getting deep
Translation: FBI and DHSgov think censorship is a great idea. Look a report!
Citizens some don't have any respect for others privacy and free-,choosing to eat certain foods or to choose a certain female. My personal opinion monitoring certain religion s can .get rid of some extremist s or change their actions and thoughts .USA
NO SHIT
A business prioritizing making a profit? How dare they! 🤣
Most businesses prioritize making a profit.
Twitter 2.0 is doing a better job of journalism than you are. Where is the Epstein client list?
Social media companies are running their business instead of violating Americans rights and giving into the dictates of power You can’t die quick enough
They want to control the narrative - simple as that.
And, you actually believe that your opinion somehow is news? Thats pretty much the definition of 'pompous'.
no shit sherlock? Its just like real media aint it?
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Sen. Markey just threatened Elon Musk on Twitter!
Laurel_M_G You ppl are propaganda
He’s just unhappy that conservatives aren’t being actively and intentionally censored.
Pretty pathetic twitter doesn't even have the option now to specifically report violent language, threatening language or even actual threats. There's 'something else' as the option. Not the most helpful
May be true with regard to Liberal rhetoric, but definitely not true with regard to Conservative rhetoric. They fought Conservatives faithfully.
Actually, they’re pushing the leftist agenda while trampling on free speech and their investors. But, you were ok with this just a month ago.
Ya think?!?!
And of course Members of Congress get a pass for their violent rhetoric, right?
Just ask Musk
“harmful rhetoric” AKA any speech that does not comply with Left wing ideology, and is therefore dangerous. Also known by some as ‘free speech’ or ‘alternative ideas’.
Right, after the hoards of campaign staffers go and tell everyone it's the end of the world, vote now! elonmusk
Take a look in the mirror. Before online social media and still today your rhetoric causes plenty of violence.
Who defines 'harmful rhetoric'?
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More sour grapes from liberals about losing control of the narrative.
'A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.'
Yea, cos if they go bankrupt, yal clowns will race to report it
Do you mean violent extremism like this……?
Aka elonmusk .... he is the biggest treat of them all...