Gov. Kathy Hochul called the shooting at a Buffalo supermarket that left 10 dead and three wounded 'white supremacy terrorism.'
and three wounded was"white supremacy terrorism" and urged social media companies to step up their enforcement efforts against extremist content.
In the wake of the shooting, Hochul said her state is taking"proactive measures" to monitor social media platforms and called on internet companies to boost their monitoring of hate speech that"comes under the guise of white supremacy and terrorism," including by hiring more people and changing their algorithms to more quickly identify hate speech.
Noting that both federal and state law enforcement monitor platforms, Hochul called for a"multifaceted approach."
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