Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015
Sponsored By: Representative Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
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Summary
Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015 This bill requires the President to transmit to Congress a report on U.S. strategy to combat terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media. The report must include: (1) an evaluation of the role social media plays in radicalization in the United States and elsewhere, (2) an analysis of how terrorists and terrorist organizations are using social media, (3) recommendations to improve the federal government's efforts to disrupt and counter the use of social media by terrorists and terrorist organizations, (4) a classified assessment of the intelligence value of terrorists' social media posts, and (5) a classified overview of training available to law enforcement and intelligence personnel to combat terrorists' use of social media and recommendations for improving or expanding existing training opportunities. The President must also transmit to Congress: (1) a policy that enhances the exchange of information and dialogue between the federal government and social media companies as it relates to the use of social media platforms by terrorists; and (2) a comprehensive strategy to counter terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media, as committed to in the President's 2011 Strategic Implementation Plan for Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
TX • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2015
ELIOT ENGEL
NY • D
Sponsored 9/30/2015
ED ROYCE
CA • R
Sponsored 9/30/2015
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 10/20/2015
Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]
FL • R
Sponsored 10/20/2015
Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/20/2015
Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
FL • D
Sponsored 10/23/2015
Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
NJ • R
Sponsored 10/23/2015
Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
NJ • D
Sponsored 10/23/2015
Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
WI • R
Sponsored 10/23/2015
DANA ROHRABACHER
CA • R
Sponsored 10/23/2015
Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/8/2015
Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
MA • D
Sponsored 12/8/2015
Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
FL • R
Sponsored 12/8/2015
Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
FL • D
Sponsored 12/8/2015
Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/8/2015
Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
RI • D
Sponsored 12/15/2015
Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
PA • D
Sponsored 12/15/2015
Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
TX • D
Sponsored 12/15/2015
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