CapX: Online radicalisation won’t be stopped with the click of a button

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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "The evidence is overwhelming that the medium plays a role in turning alienation and grievance into violent action. Some of the accelerant is provided by Big Techs’s cash cow – the algorithms that analyse the viewers consumption patterns and interests, then direct the innocent browser to other sites including those commercial sites that pay Google, Twitter and Facebook to advertise on."

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March 31, 2021
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Daily Dose

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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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