Deutsche Welle: Nonprofit group rolls out online tool to combat IS propaganda

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The "Islamic State" group (IS) has made extraordinary use of social media to recruit followers and inspire attacks. Facebook and Twitter say they are working hard to shut down extremists' profiles and remove offensive content. But IS still has a huge online reach. Now, the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project says it has developed new software capable of automatically flagging images generated by terrorist groups.

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June 27, 2016
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