Cybersecurity
Obama Seeks Silicon Valley Help in Fight Against Terrorism
- Announcement made as officials meet with tech companies
- Terrorists' use of social media, encryption under discussion
The 'like' symbol is displayed at Facebook Inc. headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Oct. 22, 2015.
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The Obama administration on Friday asked some of the nation’s biggest technology companies for help in the fight against terrorism as it announced steps to thwart the recruitment and radicalization of extremists.
Top administration officials met in San Jose, California, with representatives of Twitter Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., and other Silicon Valley companies. In a seven-page memo sent in advance, the companies were asked for ideas on how extremist content online can be identified and removed, as well as help creating alternative messages, according to excerpts of the document obtained and described to Bloomberg News.