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

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: 2) by DannyB on Thursday June 08 2017, @04:51PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 08 2017, @04:51PM (#522674) Journal

    I for one think it is a crying shame that he is gone. He wanted encryption that is more open. For the good of us all.

    I was hoping to capitalize on this shiny new (patented) encryption I wanted to sell him and get get mandated. I call it ROT26. It's twice as good as ROT13. Yes, really! I promise. And believe, me, I know my encryption. This uses the latest technology employing a privately public no-key deep in its algorithmic design. The precise details are proprietary of course.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 08 2017, @05:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 08 2017, @05:41PM (#522697)

    Pfff, I encrypt all my bytes with MOD256