Meta shows off new content monitoring plan amid Israeli-Hamas war
Justin Sullivan
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) on Friday showed off its new content monitoring plan and the company's response to the Israeli-Hamas war after receiving a letter from the European Union on the matter. 
In a blog post, Meta (META) said it has created a special operations center with experts, including fluent Hebrew and Arabic speakers to monitor the situation in real time.
"This allows us to remove content that violates our Community Standards or Community Guidelines faster, and serves as another line of defense against misinformation," Meta said.
Additionally, Meta has taken down more than 795,000 pieces of content that violated several of the company's policies, including Dangerous Organizations and Individuals, Violent and Graphic Content, Hate Speech, Violence and Incitement, Bullying and Harassment, and Coordinating Harm. 
"As compared to the two months prior, in the three days following October 7, we have removed seven times as many pieces of content on a daily basis for violating our Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy in Hebrew and Arabic alone," Meta said in the post.
Other measures that Meta (META) is taking include "stronger steps to avoid recommending potentially violating and borderline violating content," a temporary expansion of the company's Violence and Incitement policy and the removal of content that clearly identifies hostages; restricting the number of Instagram hashtags that are found to be "consistently" violating Community Guidelines; and placing restrictions on Facebook and Instagram Live for people who have previously violated certain policies.
Earlier this week, Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for Internal Market, asked Meta Platforms (META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and X founder Elon Musk to stamp out illegal content and disinformation on their respective platforms amid the war between Israel and Hamas in compliance with the continent's Digital Services Act. Breton gave the two companies 24 hours to respond.
The Digital Services Act, or DSA, requires online platforms to remove illegal content from their platforms.
On Thursday, Linda Yaccarino, Chief Executive Officer of X, formerly known as Twitter, said the company has removed hundreds of accounts linked to Hamas and "taken action to remove or label tens of thousands of pieces of content" since Hamas attacked Israel this past weekend.
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