
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke has made a strong plea to major social media companies including Meta, X, and TikTok to take immediate actions against the spread of violent content. This appeal comes in the wake of a recent shooting incident at a local business where the perpetrator not only recorded the act but also uploaded it on social media platforms for public viewing. Locke stresses the critical need for these platforms to crackdown on criminal accounts, eliminate any content that promotes violence, and introduce sophisticated detection tools to safeguard the community against such atrocities. The Mayor expressed her concerns saying that allowing violent crimes to be glorified and shared online while legitimate news is censored is unacceptable. She called for swift and decisive measures from these tech giants to uphold corporate responsibility and decency.