The White House will announce on Thursday a new task force that will examine connections between online harassment, mass shootings and violence against women and members of the LGBTQ community.
The move comes after two accused lone-wolf mass shooters in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, were linked to disturbing internet activity ahead of their massacres.
Payton Gendron, who is accused of killing 10 people in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket, posted a lengthy manifesto, explaining his beliefs and describing his descent into the world of online extremism.
Salvador Ramos, who killed 19 children and two students at an elementary school in Uvalde, would send cryptic, angry and scary messages to women online, including to some he didn’t know.