F’book ups guard squad

Facebook announced on Wednesday that it will hire another 3,000 people to monitor videos on the site after a recent string of livestreamed murders, suicides and other violent acts broadcast on the platform.

That’s in addition to the existing 4,500 reviewers already on Facebook’s community operations team worldwide, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post.

“These reviewers will also help us get better at removing things we don’t allow on Facebook, like hate speech and child exploitation,” Zuckerberg wrote.

“And we’ll keep working with local community groups and law enforcement who are in the best position to help someone if they need it — either because they’re about to harm themselves, or because they’re in danger from someone else.”

On Easter Sunday, Cleveland gunman Steve Stephens randomly shot and killed innocent 74-year-old Robert Goodwin Sr. and posted video of the execution on Facebook.

Stephens led authorities on a three-day manhunt before he fatally shot himself in the head.

The extra reviewers would make it easier for the site to “take the right action sooner — whether that’s responding quickly when someone needs help or taking a post down,” Zuckerberg said.

Just last week, Facebook received a report that someone on Live was considering suicide, he said.

“We immediately reached out to law enforcement, and they were able to prevent him from hurting himself,” he wrote. “In other cases, we weren’t so fortunate.”

Just last week, James M. Jeffrey, 49, of Alabama, shot himself in the head as Facebook Live captured it all — prompting horrified viewers to call 911.

In another incident, a Thai man filmed himself killing his 11-month-old daughter in two video clips posted on Facebook before committing suicide.