Bennie Thompson actually said...

"But after a white supremacist terrorist was able to exploit social media platforms in this way, we all have reason to doubt the effectiveness of the GIFCT and the companies' efforts more broadly."

"The fact that this happened nearly 2 years after Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, and other major tech companies established the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, pronounced 'GIF-C-T,' ..."

"I want to thank Chairman Richmond for holding today's hearing on an especially timely topic, the cybersecurity challenges in the State and local governments."

"Congress has a responsibility not only to track the progression of these emerging technological breakthroughs, but to understand how they affect our security."