Wallace to address problem of weaponization of online platforms at Subcommittee on National Security hearing

(Washington, D.C.) – Mark D. Wallace, Chief Executive Officer of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, will recommend ways to combat online radicalization and recruitment by extremist groups in testimony Wednesday, October 28 before the National Security Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

At the hearing, “Radicalization: Social Media and the Rise of Terrorism,” Wallace will focus on Twitter’s role as a “gateway drug” for extremist propaganda and recruitment, and the social media company’s dismissive attitude in response to concerns about violent extremists weaponizing its platform.

The hearing will be livestreamed here.

WHAT:               
Mark D. Wallace, CEO of the Counter Extremism Project and former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security 

WHEN:
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
10:00 AM

WHERE:            
2154 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

Please direct all interview requests for Ambassador Wallace to [email protected].