With the whole issue of the ISIS terrorists recruiting people from around the world on the Internet, the issue of freedom of speech and privacy is once again going to raise its head. Obviously, there is a vast difference between speech that would encourage people to commit violent acts, which is illegal in most, if not all, countries in the world, and general freedom of speech. There is also however the question, and perhaps Ed Snowden, who did not do the world as many favours as his fans seem to think, when it comes to privacy. The fact of the matter is that ISIS or ISIL or IS, however one prefers to refer to them, are using Facebook and Twitter to communicate their messages and more importantly to recruit new members. At some point these companies, which are all based in America, need to start showing some allegiance to the citizens of the world, as well as their host country, and start, in my opinion, notifying the authorities the second their software picks up any reference to ISIS, ISIL, the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and whatever other search terms are relevant. In many cases postings are made to Facebook and Twitter just before an attack commences and it should not be the job of authorities to obtain this information after people have been murdered. I am sure there are many who will scream that the second you start giving governments this power, that many of them, and the National Party in South Africa would be the best example, will start abusing that power. On the other hand, are these companies going to sit back and allow terrorists to use their products to kill people? The internet companies should seize the initiative and warn Government authorities immediately of any positive references to these terrorist organizations using their products to spread their message of hatred and death.