San Francisco, United States — Facebook on Thursday touted its progress in curbing content likely to stoke violence, including before, during, and since the deadly US Capitol attack that has Donald Trump facing a second impeachment trial.
The social network, which has come under fire for allowing the use of its platform to help orchestrate the January 6 riot, also said it had provided information to law enforcement agencies during the insurrection.
“There’s a lot that we did specifically with regard to the Capitol attacks to make sure that we were doing our part,” Facebook vice president of content policy Monika Bickert said during a call with reporters, including removing calls for people to bring weapons to the site.
“We were monitoring the assault in real-time and made appropriate referrals to law enforcement to assist their efforts to bring those responsible to account,” she said.
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Facebook has notably been helping police identify people who posted photos of themselves from the scene, according to Bickert.
She noted that since August the social network has banned more than 890 militias and armed movements, more than 3,000 pages, and 19,000 groups linked to violence — a good portion of them prior to the riot that marred certification of President Joe Biden’s victory by Congress.
