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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 Wall Street Journal: Facebook Steps Up Efforts Against Terrorism
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Hours after the December shootings in San Bernardino, Calif., Mark Wallace asked his employees at the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project to comb social media for profiles of the alleged attackers. They failed. A team at Facebook Inc. had already removed a profile for Tashfeen Malik, after seeing her name in news reports. The incident highlights how Facebook, under pressure from government officials, is more aggressively policing material it views as supporting terrorism.
Date
February 11, 2016
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Digital Disruption
Subtitle
As government pressure mounts, social network speeds process to remove, investigate terrorist content
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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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