The Hunt: Removing terrorists from mainstream social media makes them harder to track

Kicking terrorists off of mainstream social media has a downside.

On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,” retired FBI Special Agent Tom O’Connor said the encrypted platforms they’ve gone to has significantly complicated efforts to find them.

The Hunt: March 11, 2021 (J.J. Green)
J.J. Green

JJ Green is WTOP's National Security Correspondent. He reports daily on security, intelligence, foreign policy, terrorism and cyber developments, and provides regular on-air and online analysis. He is also the host of two podcasts: Target USA and Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America.

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