“As Christchurch came to a standstill March 29, part of a memorial service for the 50 victims of a terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand two weeks earlier, questions were being asked about how far-right hatred is spread online, particularly via social media. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) said social media companies — Facebook in particular — needed to do more to address the proliferation of extremist content on their platforms. 'Facebook has received much criticism... and deservedly so, for allowing the New Zealand terrorist’s live stream to run its course on the platform, especially given that CEO Mark Zuckerberg has previously promoted artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning as the panacea to eliminating this kind of horrific content,' CEP Executive Director David Ibsen said in a release. 'The tech industry has used spin and talking points playing up the promise of machine learning and AI to deflect pressure from lawmakers, advertisers, the media and the public. The unfortunate fact that the video of the shootings was re-uploaded millions of times across numerous different websites shows that tech’s pledges and promises have gone unfulfilled.'”