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Former US Spy Chief Calls for 'Filtering' of Social Media

posted by n1 on Thursday June 08 2017, @06:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the safe-spaces dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

As governments around the world face the ongoing threat of extremism, US ex-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says tech companies have a social "responsibility" to take better care of what appears on their platforms.

And he says companies should go as far as filtering their feeds and opening encryption access.

Speaking today at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, the head of the US intelligence community during the Obama administration said the issue was controversial, but Silicon Valley needed to play ball on national security.

"I do think there is a role to play here in some screening and filtering of what appears in social media," he said.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by c0lo on Thursday June 08 2017, @11:00AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 08 2017, @11:00AM (#522528) Journal

    but if I were asked to solve the terrorism problem? I don't know.

    Just relocate in Greece [wikipedia.org]. Millions of Syrian refugee transited the Balkans, yet no a single terrorist attack.
    For that matter, neither had Italy experienced one, in spite of some predictions [alarabiya.net].
    One may start to wonder why? You know, just for a change in the line of thought.

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