San Jose mayor calls on social media companies to help stop illegal sideshow activities

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'People are doing it for the attention and the social media platforms have a responsibility for cutting off that attention.' Here's what San Jose's mayor is asking social media companies to do:

Illegal sideshow activity is front and center in San Jose and now Mayor Matt Mahan is asking social media companies for help to stop them.is front and center in San Jose. Mayor Matt Mahan sent a letter to all the major social media companies, asking for their help to slow down these illegal and dangerous events.

These events have only increased in the past year. After 232 were reported in 2022, there are already 184 reported incidents in 2023."Every weekend we have sideshows, and it's hurting our community," Lilia Gaspar said. "Cars are being broken into, windows are being broken, and families are not feeling safe," Margarito Gomez said.

"Sideshows are dangerous," SJPD Chief Anthony Mata said. "They're dangerous to the participants. They're dangerous to the spectators, to the community."SJPD uses different techniques to curtail activity, including citing spectators and participants. But Mayor Mahan believes fault falls on social media companies as well, and he has sent a letter asking them to play a part in finding solutions.

"We would not stand for people posting videos of themselves physically assaulting people," Mayor Mahan said. "So why would we support posting videos of people engaging in other dangerous and illegal activities, that have literally been involved in events where people have died?"He'd also like to see accounts suspended for 30 days for the first offense and banned permanently if the content continues.

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