'Big data' isn't the solution to gun control

In 2014, Tashfeen Malik's family in Pakistan started to worry about her Facebook posts. 

It was the religious extremism that concerned them, a family member told the Los Angeles Times. A year later, Malik and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, declared their allegiance to ISIS on social media. Then they killed 14 people in San Bernardino using semiautomatic rifles. 

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In the aftermath, 26 senators asked the Department of Homeland Security to conduct social media background checks when reviewing visa applications — something President Donald Trump approved last year.  Read more...

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