Terrorists have used social media to recruit, fundraise and broadcast beheadings and the White House plans to work with tech firms to counter these online messages.
We can help Muslim entrepreneurs and youths work with the private sector to develop social media tools to counter extremist narratives on the Internet, President Barack Obama wrote in an opinion piece for The Los Angeles Times.
The White House is holding a three-day summit that ends Friday on countering violent extremism from terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda and Islamic State.
Google, Facebook and Twitter attended the summit Wednesday, Politico reported.
Part of the federal government s strategy includes using social media to stop violent extremist messaging from spreading online.
Social media companies would work with governments, religious leaders and others to organize technology camps to create digital content that helps combat terrorist propaganda.
The White House also is launching a peer-to-peer challenge, working with university students in the United States, Middle East and other countries to do the same.
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