To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct annual assessments on terrorism threats to the United States posed by terrorist organizations utilizing foreign cloud-based mobile or desktop messaging applications, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · August 6, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence.
The Counter Terrorgram Act of 2024 requires the Department of Homeland Security to prepare annual assessments for five years on how terrorist organizations use foreign cloud-based messaging apps like Telegram, TikTok, WeChat, and others to radicalize recruits and raise money. The Secretary of Homeland Security must submit the first assessment within 180 days and brief Congress every year afterward, working with the Director of National Intelligence and coordinating with privacy and civil rights offices to protect individual privacy. The bill also directs the department to gather relevant information from state and local fusion centers (information-sharing networks) and share findings back to these centers to support national security. Each assessment will be released publicly in unclassified form, though classified details about intelligence sources may be included separately. The legislation affects the Homeland Security Department's operations and counterterrorism efforts but does not provide a specific dollar amount for implementation costs or create new funding authority.
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