Civil Liberties Groups Want Involvement In U.s. Online Extremism Talks

[Ron Burgundy]

By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A dozen civil liberties and digital freedom groups asked the White House on Tuesday to include them in ongoing discussions about how best to combat the spread of violent propaganda online by Islamic State and other extremist groups. The Obama administration has convened two summits in the past two months - one in San Jose, Calif., and one in Washington, D.C. - with social media companies and other groups to discuss how to more effectively reduce the potency of online extremism and develop strategic counter-messaging campaigns. “When the government sits down with private sector entities to discuss the future of free expression and privacy online, civil liberties and human rights advocates need to be at the table, too,†read a letter sent to senior White House officials, including U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice.

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