Unfortunately, neither Congress nor the Trump Administration have risen to the challenge.  Meanwhile, the violence escalates while social media companies promise, but fail to deliver, effective technological improvements to substantially reduce these threats to our safety and security. 

Which begs the questions:  Why aren’t major social media companies, including Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter doing more to prevent their sites from being hijacked by extremists?  Why aren’t Congress and the Trump Administration demanding more verifiable accountability from Silicon Valley?  Why aren’t American corporate digital advertisers – the financial oxygen sustaining Silicon Valley – holding these companies responsible for enabling corporate digital ads to appear on the most virulent content found on the internet?  Can the operational infrastructure underpinning so-called “Dark Web” and “Deep Web” sites – hiding places for plotting and incitement — be held accountable for providing the web-based nuts and bolts?