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Bennie Thompson: “The fact that this happened nearly 2 years after Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, and other major tech companies…”

On the recordJune 25, 2019
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,' is troubling to say the least.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Thompson expresses concern over the effectiveness of tech companies in combating online terrorism.

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