"As highlighted above, the development and refinement of counter-terrorism policies and practices by social media and technology companies has come about as a function of the evolving nature of terrorist and extremist entities’ exploitation of said platforms. The challenges highlighted above, namely, the distinct institutional purposes, the impacts of private companies acting as determinants of freedom-of-expression norms, and the disparate treatment of Salafi-Jihadist content compared with extreme right-wing content are a sample of the kinds of ethical dilemmas that are raised by the changing character of counter-terrorism activity. As these practices continue to evolve, it is important that the state continues to retain its role in expressing and representing community norms and as an accountable actor in the policing of freedom of expression. Ensuring that an increasingly diverse body of extremist content is responded to with equal vigour, and provided with equally limited tolerance, is a key role for the state. The increased presence of private-sector technology companies as controllers and owners of key public and political discourse infrastructure presents a number of substantial risks to the traditional roles that the democratically accountable apparatus of the state played in ensuring civil political discourse was both enabled and protected. As technology plays an increased role in politics and in political discourse, it is essential that the ethical challenges that are raised by these changes are considered and incorporated into policy thinking, both within government and within private-sector technology companies." (Conclusion, pages 125-126)