UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Tackles Terrorist Use of the Internet and Social Media (David Fidler, CFR)

The Islamic State’s exploitation of the Internet and social media continues to bedevil U.S. policymakers, legislators, and tech companies. Problems with State Department efforts to counter Islamic State online propaganda have produced another overhaul of U.S. counter-messaging efforts. A legislative proposal in June 2015 to increase company reporting of online terrorist activity was dropped, but it reappeared after the San Bernardino terrorist attacks. Executive branch pressure on companies to do more against terrorist use of social media has increased, most recently in a meeting last month between federal officials and tech company leaders.

http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2016/02/04/un-counter-terrorism-committee-tackles-terrorist-use-of-the-internet-and-social-media/