McLaughlin writes: "Top Obama administration officials are holding a summit
meeting on counterterrorism on Friday in Silicon Valley with top tech
executives, including Apple CEO Tim Cook."
President Barack Obama at a summit on cyber security. (photo: Evan Vucci/AP)
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Meet To Discuss "Counterterrorism, Encryption"
White House Raises Encryption Threat in Silicon Valley Summit
By Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept
09 January 16
Top Obama administration officials are holding a summit meeting on
counterterrorism on Friday in Silicon Valley with top tech executives,
including Apple CEO Tim Cook. The White House delegation includes Chief of
Staff Denis McDonough, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James
Comey, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. "The goal here
is to find additional ways to work together to make it even harder for
terrorists or criminals to find refuge in cyberspace," White House Press
Secretary Josh Earnest said at a news briefing.
The highly controversial topic of encryption is very much on the agenda,
according to excerpts from a White House briefing distributed to
participants of the summit, obtained by The Intercept. Read the excerpts
below.
In addition to using technology to recruit and radicalize, terrorists are
using technology to mobilize supporters to attack and to plan, move money
for, coordinate, and execute attacks. The roles played by terrorist leaders
and attack plotters in this activity vary, ranging from providing general
direction to small groups to undertake attacks of their own design wherever
they are located to offering repeated and specific guidance on how to
execute attacks. To avoid law enforcement and the intelligence community
detecting their activities, terrorists are using encrypted forms of
communications at various stages of attack plotting and execution. We expect
terrorists will continue to use technology to mobilize, facilitate, and
operationalize attacks, including using encrypted communications where law
enforcement cannot obtain the content of the communication even with court
authorization. We would be happy to provide classified briefings in which we
could share additional information.
Key Questions: We are interested in exploring all options with you for how
to deal with the growing threat of terrorists and other malicious actors
using technology, including encrypted technology, to threaten our national
security and public safety. We understand that there is no one-size-fits-all
solution to address this problem and that each of you has very different
products and services that work in different ways. Are there high-level
principles we could agree on for working through these problems together?
And are there technologies that could make it harder for terrorists to use
the internet to mobilize, facilitate, and operationalize? Or easier for us
to find them when they do? What are the potential downsides or unintended
consequences we should be aware of when considering these kinds of
technology-based approaches to counter terrorism?
A number of organizations in the government, as well as some in private
industry and academia, have researched techniques to detect and measure
radicalization. Some have suggested that a measurement of level of
radicalization could provide insights to measure levels of radicalization to
violence. While it is unclear whether radicalization is measureable or could
be measured, such a measurement would be extremely useful to help shape and
target counter-messaging and efforts focused on countering violent
extremism. This type of approach requires consideration of First Amendment
protections and privacy and civil liberties concerns, additional front-end
research on specific drivers of radicalization and themes among violent
extremist populations, careful design of intervention tools, dedicated
technical expertise, and the ability to iteratively improve the tools based
on experience in deploying them. Industry certainly has a lot of expertise
in measuring resonance in order to see how effective and broad a messaging
campaign reaches an audience. A partnership to determine if resonance can be
measured for both ISIL and counter-ISIL content in order to guide and
improve and more effectively counter the ISIL narrative could be beneficial.
The United States recognizes the need to empower credible non-governmental
voices that would speak out against ISIL and terrorism more broadly both
overseas and at home. However, there is a shortage of compelling credible
alternative content; and this content is often not as effectively produced
or distributed as pro-ISIL content and lacks the sensational quality that
can capture the media's attention. Content creation is made difficult by
ISIL's brutal rule and near total control of communications infrastructure
in its territory in Iraq and Syria, which can make it dangerous for citizens
to speak out or provide video or images. Further, many of the leading and
credible voices that might counter ISIL lack the content-generation and
social media prowess that would be required to counter ISIL online. There is
also a need for more credible positive messaging and content that provides
alternatives to young people concerned about many of the grievances ISIL
highlights.
In parallel with ongoing U.S. Government efforts, we invite the private
sector to consider ways to increase the availability alternative content.
Beyond the tech sector, we have heard from other private sector actors,
including advertising executives, who are interested in helping develop and
amplify compelling counter-ISIL content; and we hope there are opportunities
to bring together the best in tech, media, and marketing to work with
credible non-government voices to address this shared challenge.
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President Barack Obama at a summit on cyber security. (photo: Evan Vucci/AP)
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ALSO SEE: US Officials, Tech Leaders
Meet To Discuss "Counterterrorism, Encryption"
White House Raises Encryption Threat in Silicon Valley Summit
By Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept
09 January 16
op Obama administration officials are holding a summit meeting on
counterterrorism on Friday in Silicon Valley with top tech executives,
including Apple CEO Tim Cook. The White House delegation includes Chief of
Staff Denis McDonough, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James
Comey, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. "The goal here
is to find additional ways to work together to make it even harder for
terrorists or criminals to find refuge in cyberspace," White House Press
Secretary Josh Earnest said at a news briefing.
The highly controversial topic of encryption is very much on the agenda,
according to excerpts from a White House briefing distributed to
participants of the summit, obtained by The Intercept. Read the excerpts
below.
In addition to using technology to recruit and radicalize, terrorists are
using technology to mobilize supporters to attack and to plan, move money
for, coordinate, and execute attacks. The roles played by terrorist leaders
and attack plotters in this activity vary, ranging from providing general
direction to small groups to undertake attacks of their own design wherever
they are located to offering repeated and specific guidance on how to
execute attacks. To avoid law enforcement and the intelligence community
detecting their activities, terrorists are using encrypted forms of
communications at various stages of attack plotting and execution. We expect
terrorists will continue to use technology to mobilize, facilitate, and
operationalize attacks, including using encrypted communications where law
enforcement cannot obtain the content of the communication even with court
authorization. We would be happy to provide classified briefings in which we
could share additional information.
Key Questions: We are interested in exploring all options with you for how
to deal with the growing threat of terrorists and other malicious actors
using technology, including encrypted technology, to threaten our national
security and public safety. We understand that there is no one-size-fits-all
solution to address this problem and that each of you has very different
products and services that work in different ways. Are there high-level
principles we could agree on for working through these problems together?
And are there technologies that could make it harder for terrorists to use
the internet to mobilize, facilitate, and operationalize? Or easier for us
to find them when they do? What are the potential downsides or unintended
consequences we should be aware of when considering these kinds of
technology-based approaches to counter terrorism?
A number of organizations in the government, as well as some in private
industry and academia, have researched techniques to detect and measure
radicalization. Some have suggested that a measurement of level of
radicalization could provide insights to measure levels of radicalization to
violence. While it is unclear whether radicalization is measureable or could
be measured, such a measurement would be extremely useful to help shape and
target counter-messaging and efforts focused on countering violent
extremism. This type of approach requires consideration of First Amendment
protections and privacy and civil liberties concerns, additional front-end
research on specific drivers of radicalization and themes among violent
extremist populations, careful design of intervention tools, dedicated
technical expertise, and the ability to iteratively improve the tools based
on experience in deploying them. Industry certainly has a lot of expertise
in measuring resonance in order to see how effective and broad a messaging
campaign reaches an audience. A partnership to determine if resonance can be
measured for both ISIL and counter-ISIL content in order to guide and
improve and more effectively counter the ISIL narrative could be beneficial.
The United States recognizes the need to empower credible non-governmental
voices that would speak out against ISIL and terrorism more broadly both
overseas and at home. However, there is a shortage of compelling credible
alternative content; and this content is often not as effectively produced
or distributed as pro-ISIL content and lacks the sensational quality that
can capture the media's attention. Content creation is made difficult by
ISIL's brutal rule and near total control of communications infrastructure
in its territory in Iraq and Syria, which can make it dangerous for citizens
to speak out or provide video or images. Further, many of the leading and
credible voices that might counter ISIL lack the content-generation and
social media prowess that would be required to counter ISIL online. There is
also a need for more credible positive messaging and content that provides
alternatives to young people concerned about many of the grievances ISIL
highlights.
In parallel with ongoing U.S. Government efforts, we invite the private
sector to consider ways to increase the availability alternative content.
Beyond the tech sector, we have heard from other private sector actors,
including advertising executives, who are interested in helping develop and
amplify compelling counter-ISIL content; and we hope there are opportunities
to bring together the best in tech, media, and marketing to work with
credible non-government voices to address this shared challenge.
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