Biden Administration Targets Gaming Community to Combat Extremism

Efforts include collaboration with video game companies and law enforcement to identify and eliminate extremist content online.

The Biden administration is targeting video game players in an effort to combat 'domestic violent extremism,' utilizing a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that highlights collaboration with video game firms.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are working with companies like Roblox, Discord, and Reddit to identify and eliminate extremist content online.
A significant percentage of video game players have encountered white-supremacist views while gaming, according to a report by the Anti-Defamation League.
The GAO report, requested by the House Homeland Security Committee, covers the period from September 2022 to January 2024 and aims to investigate extremism in online video games and social media.
The FBI and DHS are developing strategies for sharing information related to domestic violent extremism with social media and gaming companies.