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State Department going online to counter terrorism messages

By Kelly Cohen
Published June 25, 2014 5:02pm ET
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State Department going online to counter terrorism messages
The State Department's Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications has hired a contractor to provide it with six staffers to conduct "a digital English-language campaign designed to counter propaganda by al Qaeda and other extremist groups" outside the U.S., according to Fed Biz Opps, a website for government contract solicitations and related information. (iStock Image) | Anatoliy Babiy

What better way to thwart terrorism than via online social media?

The State Department’s Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications has hired a contractor to provide it with six staffers to work in downtown Washington.

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