Hillary Clinton Demands Help From Social Media Companies to Combat Terrorism
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged social media companies to help shut down the radicalization and recruitment happening online in a speech outlining her strategy for combatting the Islamic State after the Paris terror attacks. “There is no doubt we have to do a better job contesting online space, including websites and chat rooms where jihadists communicate with followers,” Clinton said. “We must deny them virtual territory, just as we deny them actual territory.” The former US Secretary of State said private social media companies should assist in this effort by swiftly shutting down terrorist accounts so they cannot be used to “plan, provoke or celebrate violence.”