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The technology giant, Google, claimed that it is important to help mitigate terrorism by working on tools such as hate speed "spell-checker", says Eric Schmidt - Google Chairman. In writing to New York Times, Schmidt pointed out that technology should be used to automatically pick out material that breeds extremism as that would "de-escalate tensions on social media" and "remove videos before they spread". This essay was sent in response to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton who called for Silicon Valley's help to handle growing terrorism and seeking tools that can combat the growing Islamic State.

"We need to put the great disrupters at work at disrupting ISIS," she said during a speech in Washington DC. Soon after the Paris attacks, the government and the companies are working arduously to handle growing terrorism threat, reports BBC News.

"We should make it ever easier to see the news from another country's point of view, and understand the global consciousness free from filter or bias," he said. "We should target social accounts for terrorist groups like the Islamic State, and remove videos before they spread, or help those countering terrorist messages to find their voice." The terrorism debate is at an all time high after the last week's shootings in San Bernardino. The editorial by Schmidt is an attempt to help ease the tensions and show that the technology firms are happy to provide any assistance in this matter, reports Wired. "As with all great advances in technology, expanded Web access has also brought with it some serious challenges, like threats to free speech, qualms about surveillance and fears of online terrorist activity," Mr Schmidt wrote. "For all the good people can do with new tools and new inventions, there are always some who will seek to do harm. Ever since there's been fire, there's been arson."