Mark Zuckerberg has been hesitant to outright censor Facebook users who are propagating hate speech on the social media platform despite the hailstorm of criticisms he has been receiving with regards to fake news and offensive content. Although the social network has made promises to at least mitigate the issue, it would seem that EU regulators are tired of waiting. In a recent statement, the European Commission is urging tech companies to act on hate speech now or be forced to do so via new laws.

The statement was made last Sunday, where the EU Commission is warning six major companies that include Google, Facebook, and YouTube to act on the agreement that they signed six months ago, Reuters reports. The agreement was meant to stifle hate speech stemming from the refugee crises prompted by the Syrian civil war, but it also extends to other forms and subjects.

Based on the data gathered so far, despite agreeing to follow a certain code of conduct, the six companies have not been following up on their promises. According to EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova, the level of compliance from the tech giants has been far from satisfactory.

“In practice the companies take longer and do not yet achieve this goal. They only reviewed 40 percent of the recorded cases in less than 24 hours," the Commission said. "After 48 hours the figure is more than 80 percent. This shows that the target can realistically be achieved, but this will need much stronger efforts by the IT companies."

Jourova spoke with the Financial Times about the situation and declared that if Facebook and the other tech companies want to convince EU leaders that there is no need for the legislative process to be involved, a faster response is needed. If they are unable to produce the required results, the Commission will need to take matters into its own hands.