May 28 (Reuters) - The Biden administration is urging

big technology companies to ramp up efforts to curb antisemitic

content on their platforms, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.

Representatives from companies including Alphabet,

Meta, Microsoft ( MSFT ), TikTok and X met on Thursday

with U.S. special envoy Deborah Lipstadt to monitor and combat

antisemitism.

Lipstadt requested that each company designate a policy team

member to address the issue and conduct training for key

personal to identify antisemitism and publicly report trends in

anti-Jewish content.

"We welcomed this convening and were pleased to come

together to share facts about the ongoing steps TikTok takes on

this important issue and to continue to learn from experts in

the room," a TikTok spokesperson said.

"It is more important than ever that government, industry

and NGOs work closely to support the Jewish community and

counter hate and violence targeted at Jews," Meta's president

for global affairs, Nick Clegg, said in a statement.

"Google is committed to fighting hate speech - that

includes content targeting the Jewish community - through our

policies, tools and programs," said Kent Walker, Alphabet's

president for global affairs.

Countries around the world have seen a rise in antisemitism

following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on southern Israel and

subsequent bombardment of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli

military.

The companies have not yet agreed to voluntary moves, but

the administration is hopeful they will act soon, Lipstadt told

Bloomberg News.

The administration is also requesting staff training in

order to help identify more implicit antisemitic messages on

online platforms and to differentiate between criticism of the

Israeli government and hatred directed at Jews, Lipstadt added.