By Ross Kerber

(Reuters) – New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli calls for votes against directors Twitter Inc (NYSE:), and Facebook (NASDAQ:), parent Meta Platforms Inc, at their forthcoming annual meetings. They claimed that both companies failed enforce their standards for harmful content, including a massacre in Buffalo (N.Y.) on May 14.

Thomas DiNapoli (New York’s Pension Fund Supervisor) sent letters to all companies in advance of May 25 events. He noted that they did not take down video and screen shots of the shooter and his alleged racist manifesto from their platforms.

These gaps can lead to radicalization and calls for more social media regulation, DiNapoli said. He told both boards that until they can show an “ability to successfully oversee the company’s content management policies, the Fund will continue voting against directors” and called on other investors to do the same.

Twitter’s representative stated that it was taking actions to address the complaints, including the “removal of videos and media associated with the incident as well as tweets that include third-party hyperlinks to manifesto and videos about the attack.”

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DiNapoli spokesperson said, “We cannot assume that the transaction will close.”

Meta stated that the incident was quickly categorized as a terrorist attack and that the process began to expunge the suspect from his account. Meta sent a statement to a representative saying that they have Meta teams available to help identify, remove and block violating content in relation to the shooting.