Sec. 142. Countering ISIS propaganda
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The President, in consultation with technology companies, faith-based Muslim groups, foreign governments, and international nongovernmental organizations, shall develop, as part of the National Strategy for Counterterrorism, a comprehensive strategy to counter the propaganda disseminated by operatives of ISIS, including through online activities. The Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, through the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications (referred to in this section as the Center ), is authorized to contract to produce media products to counter ISIS propaganda.
The Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, through the Center, shall establish a digital rapid response team— to build and employ digital platforms for the dissemination of information to counter ISIS propaganda; and to integrate the platforms described in paragraph
(1)with existing technologies supported by the Bureau of International Information Programs and with popular social networking sites. For the purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 and $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.