The DHS’ Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) and video game and social media firms have meetings to exchange information “about online activities promoting domestic violent extremism” or “activities that violate the companies’ terms of service,” according to the report.
“Two companies told us they work closely with their local FBI field office and find that relationship to be valuable,” the report states. “For example, one company told us their FBI field office has a cyber squad that notifies them of trends in violent extremist content online, and another said their field office connects them with other federal agencies as needed.”
The intelligence community’s five categories of “domestic terrorism” include “ethnically motivated violent extremism” and “anti-government or anti-authority violent extremism,”
according to a 2022 document.
The report cites a December 2022
report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that found 20% of adults and 15% of minors said they came into contact with “white supremacist” views while playing video games. Three “experts” from the ADL contributed to the GAO report