Facebook wants to be ‘a hostile environment for terrorists’

in facebook •  8 years ago 

Facebook has reportedly vowed to become “a hostile environment for terrorists,” after British Prime Minister Theresa May pointed to the internet as a “safe space” for radicalization to spread.

The United Kingdom's leader's comments came the day after terrorists struck London Bridge, killing at least seven and injuring scores more with knives and a truck.

"We cannot allow this ideology the safe space it needs to breed, yet that is precisely what the internet and the big companies that provide internet-based services provide," May said in a statement Sunday, calling for international collaboration in implementing new cyberspace regulations that would “prevent the spread of extremist and terrorism planning.”

Read more here: thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/336302-facebook-wants-to-be-a-hostile-environment-for-terrorists

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They better became this a long time ago...

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

If Facebook is so concerned about being a safe space for radicalism, why are they waiting until something bad happens to do something about it? This is nothing more than a PR move.