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After uk prime minister blames tech companies in part for helping to foster terrorism. >> we cannot allow this ideology the same space it needs to breathe. thats precisely what the internet and big companies who provide internet based services to provide. >> she wants tougher regulations and many governments criticize for how they handle terrorist. they show terrorist use law enforcement tools they complain it often takes a long time to get help from these big companies but companies like facebo...

Of this potentially terrorist content? >> yeah. thats a good question. we just saw a report from the eu last week that showed that more than 50% of the reports were takedown notices to these companies are not being satisfied, so if they have technology to solve this problem, why is the content so easily available? so im not buying the story. if the technology is there fantastic. if its our technology, somebody elses technology, we dont care. this is not a money-making adventure. we want to devel...

>> shepard: by august of last year, twitter had shut down some 350,000 terrorism-related twitter accounts yet they still have these online propaganda magazines that they want to call them, bulletin boards for would-be terrorists. why cant that sort of thing be shut down? >> it can be shut down. its one of the things my organization as working on. not to promote my own work. its the one that is worth promoting. >> there is more that can be done. pressuring companies with technology that can preve...

The united states because his policy is some-- is in dispute or somebody-- >> i was joking. >> thats what i took it to me, but i think that in general, going back, theres a point i agree with gina on. i think youre right, these people have to do a better job of keeping bad guys offment i didnt realize. you say they had verified some of these terror actors, thats outrageous. but i do think that going back to what eric said about first amendment rights, we dont want any of these big corporations l...

Some families in the u.s. who have lost loved ones during terror attacks are taking aim at major social media sites. lawsuits say sites like facebook and youtube provided material support to isis and other groups making it too easy for them to spread their messages and not acting quick enough to take it down. we have yet to hear back from the companies. in the past facebook has said it works aggressively to remove terror content and contacts if law enforcement says its an imminent threat. twitte...

Allowing isis accounts to promote the brutal terror videos, to solicit donations and essentially connect with one another. theres a whole sort of underground of communication. they also accuse google of making money from ads that run just before the horrible videos on youtube weve seen. they also accuse facebook of providing a platform to spread their hate and violence. the social media companies did say theyre joining together to try to identify terrorist content and keep it from being shared. ...

Federal prosecutors bring against people that help terrorists. but pulse families allege these giants knowingly and recklessly allow terrorists to use social media in several ways. to raise money. to recruit people. the suit says without twitter, facebook and google which owns youtube or streaming videos the explosive growth of isis would not have been possible. now lawyers accuse twitter of allowing isis accounts to promote its brutal terror individual jobs elicit donations and connect with one...

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