Google research has in recent times been beamed on blocking extremist and terrorism related contents online. These measures released online on Sunday came in timely to complement the effort of online giants, Facebook emplaced to filter and block extremist contents online.
In a statement by Kent Walker, Google general counsel, his blog exposed that “While we and others have worked for years to identify and remove content that violates our policies, the uncomfortable truth is that we, as an industry, must acknowledge that more needs to be done,” and that machine learning research and artificial intelligence technology would soon be deployed to beef up efforts to contain these contents online.
“This can be challenging: a video of a terrorist attack may be informative news reporting if broadcast by the BBC, or glorification of violence if uploaded in a different context by a different user,” said Walker.
Similarly, Google intends to add more Non-Governmental Organization to their earlier known 63 NGOs to spread their efforts, adding that machines alone may not be able to contain the growing trend if human efforts are not complimentary.
Facebook, arguably the leading social media managers last week renewed their commitment to the course, pointing out that a deliberate content overhaul, security and policy statement would be necessary to create a media space devoid of contents which clearly violates acceptable standards.
He later mentioned that YouTube would soon increase its position on counter-radicalization using technologies that “harnesses the power of targeted online advertising” to reach potential recruits and filter “video content that debunks terrorist recruiting messages.”
