美國社交網站將聯手刪除恐怖主義宣傳

The top social media networks in the United States say they are working together to quickly identify and take down photos and video that are used to recruit people into terrorism.

Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and YouTube announced Monday that they will create a shared database that identifies flagged images and video using unique "fingerprints," making it easier for the companies to review and potentially remove the content.

They said each company will then determine whether the material violates their business' terms of service.

"We hope this collaboration will lead to greater efficiency as we continue to enforce our policies to help curb the pressing global issue of terrorist content online," the companies said in a statement. "There is no place for content that promotes terrorism on our hosted consumer services."

The internet giants have come under increasing pressure from governments around the world to do more to remove extremist material.

In the United States, lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require social media companies to report to police any online terrorist activities they learn about.

Most social media services have terms of agreement that prohibit content that supports violent or illegal activities. The companies typically rely on users to flag inappropriate content, which is then reviewed by editors.

The new database will be up and running by early 2017 and more companies could be brought into the partnership.美國主要社交網站表示，他們將合作迅速識別並刪除用於招募恐怖分子的圖片和錄像。

臉書、推特、微軟和YouTube星期一宣佈，他們將建立一個分享數據庫，使用獨特的“指紋”技術，識別這類被舉報的圖片錄像，讓這些公司更容易檢查並可能刪除這些內容。

他們表示，每一家公司將自行決定這些內容是否違反了該公司的商業服務條款。

這幾家公司在一份聲明中說：“我們將繼續執行公司政策，幫助制止迫切需要解決的全球性網絡恐怖主義宣傳，我們希望這樣的合作將爲此帶來更高的效率。” 聲明還說：“在我們提供的消費者服務平臺上，絕不允許宣傳恐怖主義的內容。”

這些網絡巨頭最近受到各國政府日益增加的壓力，要求他們進一步採取措施，刪除極端主義內容。

美國國會推出立法，要求社交媒體公司向警方報告他們獲悉的網上恐怖主義活動。

大多數社交媒體都有服務協議，禁止支持暴力或非法活動的內容。這些公司通常依靠用戶來舉報不恰當的內容，然後由編輯來審閱處理。

新的數據庫將在2017年初投入使用，將來可能會有更多的公司加入這一合作伙伴關係。