1. “Pro-ISIS Messages Create Dilemma For Social Media Companies”

2. According to law enforcement officials, ISIS and other terrorist organizations are increasingly adept (good) at using social media to recruit from abroad. Last year alone, the FBI reports, around 20 American citizens (mostly young adults and even children) were detained trying to travel to Syria to join militants fighting for the so-called Islamic State. Social media companies like Facebook and Twitter face complex criticism. The companies are being asked to do more to stop the terrorists, yet they are also being asked to let some of the propaganda remain to help officials track jihadis. All of these companies (Facebook, Twitter, Kik and YouTube) could choose to ban pro-ISIS and al-Qaida propaganda because the First Amendment does not apply to privately owned websites. They do have terms of service, and all of these companies ban violent threats. But for the most part they rely on other users to report violations. "Doing takedowns or removing content goes very much against what they want their platform to do, which is to bring on as much content and discussion as possible because the more content that's there, the more discussion that's there, the more revenue they can generate for their business," investigators say.

3. In Other News
Valentines for Veterans is a way to show appreciation to those who served the country. Bucks County residents can send or drop off a valentine for a veteran through next week at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center voluntary services, 3900 Woodland Ave., Philadelphia, PA The Valentines for Veterans will then be distributed to veterans the week of Feb. 9. Valentines for Veterans started more than 20 years ago with an article written by Ann Landers, an advice columnist. The program, whose purpose is to send a card to a vet who might otherwise not get one, expanded into Salute to Veterans, which lasts the entire month of February.
Hong Kong - Paleontologists have discovered a 50-ft "dragon" dinosaur species in China that may have roamed the earth 160 million years ago in the Late Jurassic period. The long skeleton was found in 2006 by some local farmers digging for a fishpond in Qijiang city in China. The findings, published earlier this week, show that the new species belongs to a group of dinosaurs called mamenchisaurids, known for their extremely long necks. "Nowhere else we can find dinosaurs with longer necks than those in China. The new dinosaur tells us that these extreme species thrived in isolation from the rest of the world.” The skeleton is now housed in a local museum in Qijiang, but will be moved to a new dinosaur museum in the city that is currently being built.