Acting US Homeland Security Sec. Wolf makes unusual request for tech companies to limit or remove posts that the government sees as using 'social media platforms to coordinate criminal acts' that 'threatens the safety and security of our Nation.'
The language of Wolf’s letter seems to cover a potentially wide spectrum of online material, including “calls to break city curfews, information about which stores or neighborhoods to target for looting or destruction, and coordination of attacks against particular people or groups of people.”
Any takedowns of material should be “consistent with your terms of service,” Wolf wrote. “It is up to you to decide how to handle content on your platforms.”A Twitter spokesperson confirmed that the company had received the letter and intends to respond. A spokesperson for Snap, which runs Snapchat, declined to comment.
Trump appointed Wolf acting homeland security secretary in November. Wolf held other jobs at the department andThis story is developing. Please check back for updates.Julia Ainsley is a correspondent covering the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
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