Issue Position: Require Tech Companies to Disable Foreign and Domestic Terrorists from Using Social Media to Radicalize and Recruit Online

Issue Position

We have seen the role that social media has played in recent attacks on communities of faith -- Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and others --over the last several months. The legislation will work collaboratively with tech companies to prevent the propagation of terrorism and hate-based violence online.

For example, former Youtube engineer Guillaume Chaslot worked on the sites recommendation algorithm and found that the videos being recommended were often times more intense, extreme, inflammatory, and promoted conspiracy theories. These are the unintended consequences of algorithms that draw viewers to click and spend more time on a site, which serves the business interests of search engines but also poses a threat to public safety if left unchecked.

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