Trump Administration Would 'Shut Down' Internet Access for Islamic State
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a rare mention of the internet, speaking Monday on foreign policy at Youngstown State University in Ohio. “We cannot allow the internet to be used as a recruiting tool and for other purposes by…
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our enemies,” Trump said, referring to the Islamic State group. “We must shut down their access to this form of communication and we must do it immediately.” Trump cited ideas about shutting down parts of the internet during the GOP primary season. The idea demonstrates “both poor judgment and ignorance about how technology works,” several tech industry and ex-FCC officials said last month (see 1607140086). Cyberwarfare will be “essential in dismantling Islamic terrorism” and a Trump administration would “aggressively pursue” a strategy internationally of “expanded intelligence sharing and cyberwarfare to disrupt and disable [the Islamic State] propaganda and recruiting,” Trump said Monday.