Kerry: ‘Enormous Mistake’ to Blame Radicalization on the Internet Alone

‘And if we reach too far without being sensitive to our own values, we give them an extraordinary victory’

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KERRY: “Silicon valley has major responsibility and most — I mean, almost every company is engaged very directly in dialogue with the government. We worked very closely with them as I was serving as secretary. But, look, dash put out a message. They can put it out on the Internet. They can put it out in many different ways saying to people during Ramadan you should attack people with cars, knives, and guns. Now if you turn around and just blame that message exclusively on the Internet, we’re making an enormous mistake. And if we reach too far without being sensitive to our own values, we give them an extraordinary victory. So there is a balance here. The bottom line is that in too many places and too many parts of the world you’ve got a large gap between governance and people. And between the opportunities those people have — we talked about this after Paris."

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