Lieberman Wants Google to Flag Terrorist Activity on Its Blog Site

Just as you can flag inappropriate material on YouTube and content that could be related to terrorism is banned, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) has asked Google for the same policy on its blogging platform Blogger.

Talking Points Memo obtained Lieberman’s letter to Google that expresses his “disappointment” that Blogger doesn’t “expressly ban terrorist material” or provide a “flag feature.” The drive for making this request seems to be the recent arrest of Jose Pimentel, who built a pipe bomb to be used against military members and posted bomb making instructions and extremist positions on his blogsite hosted by Google. Here’s some content from his site that Lieberman called out in his letter:

“People have to understand that America and its allies are legitimate targets in warfare. This includes facilities such as army bases, police stations, political facilities, embassies, FBI and CIA buildings, private and public airports, all kinds of buildings where money is being made to help fund the war.”

Lieberman makes his case to Google that many blog sites are hosting material of “homegrown terrorists.”

As of Tuesday this week, Talking Points Memo notes that Pimentel’s site (www.trueislam1.com) was still active, although as of today, Friday, it has been taken down. But The Verge reports that as of Thursday, Google had not responded to Lieberman’s overall request for the “Blogger kill switch.”

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