Fact:
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.
CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace discusses the unwillingness of social media companies to effectively respond to the proliferation of radicalizing and violent extremist content on their platforms. "Right now they claim they are surprised by this -- there is no surprise. They have known this is a problem, they have had the ability to stop it and they haven't deployed the technology to do it."
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
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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