Following a series of violent videos uploaded or streamed to Facebook, the social network announced Wednesday it will hire an additional 3,000 workers to its community operations team in an effort to respond to and remove such media faster.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the move in a Facebook post Wednesday morning.

“Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen people hurting themselves and others on Facebook — either live or in video posted later. It’s heartbreaking, and I’ve been reflecting on how we can do better for our community,” Zuckerberg wrote.

“If we’re going to build a safe community, we need to respond quickly. We’re working to make these videos easier to report so we can take the right action sooner — whether that’s responding quickly when someone needs help or taking a post down,” he wrote.

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