It is easy to see why the UK government chose an algorithm from London-based ASI Data Science as its recommended tool for lesser social media platforms to use in identifying and removing Islamic State (IS) propaganda. But the UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd has also indicated that the government may enforce the use of this tool for smaller online media platforms – that don’t have the resources to develop effective ways of identifying content deemed objectionable themselves, like YouTube and Facebook. But they are employing a variety of methods designed to provide layers of defense against infringing content and it is a mistake for the UK government to place over-reliance on any one tool – which could also help stoke…