Mark
Zuckerberg sent his condolences to the family of the Facebook killing victim and promised
to do better in weeding out violent content from his social network in a speech
at the company's annual developer conference on Tuesday.
The Facebook founder and CEO referenced Robert Godwin, 74, by name
in his brief comments about the Cleveland man's murder.
Godwin was shot dead by 37-year-old Steve Stephens on Sunday, and
Stephens later posted video of the shooting to Facebook.
It took Facebook moderators two hours and 14 minutes to take
Stephen's video down, but the company said in a statement on Monday that they
didn't receive a report about it until nearly two hours after it had first been
posted.
Nonetheless, Zuckerberg said there was room for improvement.
'We have a lot more to do here,' he said. 'And we're reminded of that
this week by the tragedy in Cleveland. And our hearts go out to the family and
friends of Robert Godwin Sr. And we have a lot of work and we will keep doing
all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening.'
Zuckerberg's speech came about an hour after Stephens committed
suicide after police caught him in Erie, Pennsylvania - about 100 miles east of
the murder scene.
In the company's official statement on the matter, they said they
are currently testing new ways to weed out violent content - including using
artificial intelligence.
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