IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 224 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that corporate owners 
of websites that share user-posted videos should take action to remove 
jihadi propaganda. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2007 
Mr. SHUSTER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
corporate owners of websites that share user-posted vid-
eos should take action to remove jihadi propaganda. 
Whereas since the World Wide Web’s public release in 1991, 
the Internet has evolved into a revolutionary tool to facili-
tate the free access and distribution of information in-
stantaneously and electronically to peoples all over the 
world; 
Whereas the Internet has created a global community that 
has become the cornerstone of commerce, speech, and 
culture for the Twenty-first Century; 
Whereas jihadi terrorist organizations throughout the world 
have taken advantage of the Internet’s anonymity, low 
cost, and lack of regulation to raise funds as well as 
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radicalize, recruit, and train potential members to join 
their organizations and participate in violent jihad 
against the West; 
Whereas terrorist organizations including Al-Qaeda have or-
ganized media operations such as as-Sahab, Sawt al- 
Khilafa (Voice of the Caliphate), and the Global Islamic 
Media Front (GIMF) to create and distribute jihadi 
propaganda and training materials on the Internet; 
Whereas jihadi terrorist media operations continue to utilize 
video and media sharing websites such as YouTube, 
Liveleak, Google Video, and others to spread their mes-
sage of hate, propagandize their insurgent operations, 
and facilitate the training of prospective terrorists; 
Whereas the use of the Internet by jihadi organizations who 
seek the destruction of America has been identified by 
the United States Central Command (CENTCOM); as 
well as private organizations including the SITE Institute 
(Search for International Terrorist Entities), the Society 
for Internet Research, and the Middle East Media Re-
search Institute (MEMRI) as a major threat to American 
troops, homeland security and our success in the Global 
War on Terror; 
Whereas social networking video distribution websites gen-
erally reserve the right to remove objectionable material; 
and 
Whereas many websites have recognized the threat these vid-
eos pose and have taken steps to remove them from cir-
culation: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
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(1) terrorists view the Internet as a key tool in 
their ongoing jihad to recruit members, spread infor-
mation, and distribute propaganda for their cause, 
and, in doing so, they have turned the World Wide 
Web into a new battleground in the War on Terror; 
(2) in a time of war, terrorist videos amount to 
enemy communications; 
(3) while Congress should not regulate the 
Internet, the owners of websites that share user- 
posted videos should exercise proper corporate gov-
ernance and take steps to remove enemy propaganda 
from their sites; 
(4) if the owners of these website suspect that 
a user on their site is a member of or affiliated with 
a known terrorist organization, they should cooper-
ate with law enforcement and the intelligence com-
munity to report questionable postings; and 
(5) Congress recognizes and applauds the work 
of the SITE Institute, the Society for Internet Re-
search, the Middle East Media Research Institute 
and others for their work in combating online jihad 
and creating a resource for public education of the 
terrorist’s use of the Internet in the War on Terror. 
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