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.
The Telegraph: Tech companies have no incentive to monitor their content – so governments need to give them one, sharpish
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CEP Executive Director writes in the Telegraph: “The devastating impact of online radicalisation through extremist videos was felt far too often in 2017. Whether it was the attacks carried out in Manchester and London by Islamist extremists or those perpetrated in Charlottesville, Virginia by White supremacists, online radicalisation is the common thread that ties these deadly events together. Ultimately, in the absence of any enforcement, tech companies do not have any incentive to patrol what is being hosted on their sites."
Date
February 12, 2018
Daily Dose
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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