Better ‘Algorithms’ Needed to Curb Spread of Buffalo Shooter’s Video: Katko

There’s “so much more we can do, and so much more we have to do,” to thwart the spread of violent content on social media, especially the livestreamed video of the mass killings over the weekend at a Buffalo supermarket, Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, told an Axios webinar Tuesday. “This pathetic human who did this crime was inspired by other similar attacks that he’d seen online,” said Katko. “We’ve got to get more sophisticated algorithms and more sophisticated vehicles in technology to prevent these individuals from spreading this filth online. To wear a camera and livestream killing people is something that we’ve got to do everything we can, using every technology at our disposal, to try and prevent. We’re going to endeavor to do that going forward.”