washington u.s. government acknowledge limit success combat islamic extremist message recruit tech company community organizations educational group take lead disrupt online radicalization change strategy take step forward wednesday justice department convene meet social media firm include facebook inc twitter alphabet inc google come despite critics say scant evidence effectiveness efforts meet recognition government ill-positioned ill-equipped counter isis online seamus hughes deputy director george washington university program extremism say attend event use acronym islamic state group federal government best place counter extremist online recruitment efforts message say george selim director department homeland security dhs office coordinate government counter violent extremism cve activities goal say help communities young people amplify message message stem so-called counter-narrative program underway school community group vary degrees government support accord government officials private sector experts past campaign administration u.s. president barack obama thwart extremist propaganda globally widely regard reliant fear-based rhetoric graphic imagery effective whether new joint effort private sector fare good remain unclear say experts counter extremism obama administration uneasy relationship silicon valley recent years twitter tech firm reticent appear cozy authorities manage content though cautiously drift toward compliant past year facebook last year partner british research group demo examine impact counter-messaging hate speech four european countries study release october conclude extremely difficult calculate degree precision whether efforts real impact long-term attitudes offline behavior necessarily know something go change way someone think offline measure whether somebody share content interact monica bickert facebook head global policy management tell reuters one new program fund partly facebook multiple government agencies underwrite peer-to-peer p2p college course teach students create anti-militant message facebook decline say much invest program though selim describe facebook overall investment cve initiatives significant fatemah yousef student kuwait gulf university science technology student fly washington month join facebook event showcasing counter-messaging project create students yousef 23 exhibit blog encourage kuwaiti students denounce violent extremism social media another p2p finalist group university arkansas produce video show graphic islamic state executions set heavy metal band black sabbath war pig half way video switch bob dylan time a-changin caption urge viewers raise flag extremism view video judge contest tell students probably 90 95 percent image video use violent extremist recruitment videos problem place people try instill fear target audiences show mayhem actually reverse say judge quintan wiktorowicz former white house director community partnerships another effort underway worde muslim educational organization maryland last week launch campaign aim refute islamic state message catchy videos live broadcast discussions mainstream islam worde plan use software survey question gauge impact new counter-messaging campaign say hedieh mirahmadi group president everybody create stuff really care whether connect science evaluations mirahmadi tell reuters democratic new jersey senator cory booker tell reuters work two bill one already pass committee senate would give dhs authority fund college class research best counter islamic state slick propaganda campaign government message prove type virality booker say p2p program private sector counter-messaging initiative acknowledge receive train federal bureau investigation senior fbi official say agency provide information non-governmental group whose cve-related work may include counter-messaging efforts avoid federal fund altogether mohamed magid virginia imam counsel several youth target islamic state recruiters lead islamic foundation solicit donations create 24/7 online operation would answer islamic state video peaceful message say government thing might legitimacy magid say challenge muslim community say respond challenge u.s. look facebook private group battle online extremism