Social media companies must work closely with the U.S. government to ensure their platforms are not being used by terrorist organizations to do harm to our country.
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Unfortunately, we have seen terrorist groups use social media to spread hateful propaganda, to recruit members, and to incite violence with alarming effectiveness.
Social media is not only the most important tool for inciting terrorists, it can also be an effective weapon against them.
Social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter should be urged to adhere to business practices that maximize the safety of activists using their platforms.
Like all technology, social media is neutral but is best put to work in the service of building a better world.
Social media has allowed groups, such as ISIL, to use the Internet to spot and assess potential recruits. With the widespread horizontal distribution of social media, terrorists can identify vulnerable individuals of all ages in the United States - spot, assess, recruit, and radicalize - either to travel or to conduct a homeland attack.
Law enforcement has seen an unprecedented use of social media by ISIL. They're just kind of flooding the airwaves.
We're dealing with an enemy now, ISIS, that has a very sophisticated social media program.
As a communication medium, social media is a critical tool for terror groups to exploit.
Concerned consumers are realizing that they can use social media to organize themselves around shared values to start effective movements. Social media gives them a sounding board to share ideas, as well as a means to punish irresponsible corporate behaviors.
The leverage and influence social media gives citizens are rapidly spreading into the business world.
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