Pete Buttigieg, candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election, said his administration would devote $1 billion to prevent and combat radicalization and violent extremism.

“We will empower law enforcement by increasing the FBI’s domestic counterterrorism field staff and pass federal legislation to expand our ability to track hate,” he told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

“Additionally, to combat the violent extremism that continues metastasizing online, we will dedicate federal funding for technology innovation and training to improve the software tools that track extremism.”

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