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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.
The Kashmir Monitor: Twitter shuts down 125,000 Daesh accounts
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Twitter, an American social networking website, says since 2015 it has deleted 125,000 accounts linked to the Daesh (ISIL) Takfiri group. The California-based company made the announcement, adding it has stepped up its fight against violent extremism online. This is the first time that the popular micro blogging service has revealed the scale of terrorist activity on its service. It is estimated that extremists post about 90,000 Twitter messages a day, according to the Counter Extremism Project, a New York-based nonprofit organization.
Date
February 7, 2016
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Digital Disruption
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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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