Mark Follman

You still had a bunch of people injured and killed. Like, why aren't we talking about stopping this before it happened? So it's the prevention versus reaction equation that I think is still very out of balance.

You still had a bunch of people injured and killed. Like, why aren't we talking about stopping this before it happened? So it's the prevention versus reaction equation that I think is still very out of balance.

You still had a bunch of people injured and killed. Like, why aren't we talking about stopping this before it happened? So it's the prevention versus reaction equation that I think is still very out of balance.

Social media has become a major factor in this equation over the past, say, decade and a half for obvious reasons, like threatening communications are happening much more in the digital space than they used to. Yes, it's very common in threat cases, both known to the public and not. I've seen many of them that aren't where this is going on.

Social media has become a major factor in this equation over the past, say, decade and a half for obvious reasons, like threatening communications are happening much more in the digital space than they used to. Yes, it's very common in threat cases, both known to the public and not. I've seen many of them that aren't where this is going on.

Social media has become a major factor in this equation over the past, say, decade and a half for obvious reasons, like threatening communications are happening much more in the digital space than they used to. Yes, it's very common in threat cases, both known to the public and not. I've seen many of them that aren't where this is going on.

In a lot of cases of attacks, you have that kind of behavior, posting disturbing images, posting threats, either obscure, veiled comments or direct threats. The question is, what can we do maybe technologically about this to look for it? There may be some solutions on the horizon with AI or with further developing technology, but

In a lot of cases of attacks, you have that kind of behavior, posting disturbing images, posting threats, either obscure, veiled comments or direct threats. The question is, what can we do maybe technologically about this to look for it? There may be some solutions on the horizon with AI or with further developing technology, but

In a lot of cases of attacks, you have that kind of behavior, posting disturbing images, posting threats, either obscure, veiled comments or direct threats. The question is, what can we do maybe technologically about this to look for it? There may be some solutions on the horizon with AI or with further developing technology, but

Again, going back to the principle of the work of threat assessment, it's not intended to be like dragnet surveillance. That's not really an effective way to approach this because, again, you're going to have so much noise and so little signal to try to find in there. Lots of people are talking about guns on social media. Millions of people are talking about guns.

Again, going back to the principle of the work of threat assessment, it's not intended to be like dragnet surveillance. That's not really an effective way to approach this because, again, you're going to have so much noise and so little signal to try to find in there. Lots of people are talking about guns on social media. Millions of people are talking about guns.

Again, going back to the principle of the work of threat assessment, it's not intended to be like dragnet surveillance. That's not really an effective way to approach this because, again, you're going to have so much noise and so little signal to try to find in there. Lots of people are talking about guns on social media. Millions of people are talking about guns.

School kids and other are looking at violent material. And that isn't really a way, I think, in most cases to identify a case of concern. It's really sort of the opposite. You've got a kid you're worried about.

School kids and other are looking at violent material. And that isn't really a way, I think, in most cases to identify a case of concern. It's really sort of the opposite. You've got a kid you're worried about.

School kids and other are looking at violent material. And that isn't really a way, I think, in most cases to identify a case of concern. It's really sort of the opposite. You've got a kid you're worried about.

because of something they said at the bus stop or something in their behavior, or now they're suddenly really interested in guns, you're also going to look at their social media at that point to see what they're posting. Because in a lot of cases, you're going to find material there that will reveal some things.

because of something they said at the bus stop or something in their behavior, or now they're suddenly really interested in guns, you're also going to look at their social media at that point to see what they're posting. Because in a lot of cases, you're going to find material there that will reveal some things.

because of something they said at the bus stop or something in their behavior, or now they're suddenly really interested in guns, you're also going to look at their social media at that point to see what they're posting. Because in a lot of cases, you're going to find material there that will reveal some things.

Yeah, I mean, this question has been around for decades and sort of hand in hand with the even broader version of the question is like, what is it about American culture that's so violent that causes us to do this? I get it. I mean, it's a question that I think is interesting.

Yeah, I mean, this question has been around for decades and sort of hand in hand with the even broader version of the question is like, what is it about American culture that's so violent that causes us to do this? I get it. I mean, it's a question that I think is interesting.