Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Runs into Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers
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Six of the nine independent experts on the advisory board of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism —a consortium run by several of the biggest US tech companies—resigned on Monday, according to a letter seen by WIRED and interviews with four of the people.
Key facts
- Six of the nine independent experts on the advisory board of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism —a consortium run by several of the biggest US tech companies—resigned on Monday, according
- A WIRED investigation in 2024 uncovered several issues with GIFCT, including Meta delaying TikTok’s membership bid and poor relations between the companies at the helm and the unpaid independent
- Meta and other leaders wanted to “refresh” the 6-year-old independent advisory committee the experts sat on, she wrote
- The consortium has about 35 members; other long-time board members include Microsoft and YouTube
Summary
The tensions between the independent advisory committee and the GIFCT date back to an email the counterterrorism and free speech experts received in July from Meta’s Nell McCarthy, a vice president overseeing content policy. But McCarthy wrote that while the consortium welcomed the experts’ insights on violent trends, it no longer desired their scrutiny on the effectiveness of Big Tech’s efforts to curtail violence. New additions to the rotating advisory committee had previously been elected by current members; under the plan laid out in July, they would instead be picked by tech companies.