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The New York Times: Child Abusers Run Rampant as Tech Companies Look the Other Way
Though platforms bar child sexual abuse imagery on the web, criminals are exploiting gaps. Victims are caught in a living nightmare, confronting images again and again.
Daily Mail: Wounded Yom Kippur shooter is taken to court still showing signs of injuries he suffered in battle with police as German prosecutor says he intended to carry out a 'massacre'
'Amazon is just as much to blame as Twitch for allowing this stream online,' said Hans-Jakob Schindler of the Counter Extremism Project.
New Europe: The Self-Regulation Mistake
In 2018 the public and policymakers will have to reckon with the ever-growing power of the tech industry. Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is now valued at $730 billion (€605 billion), a little under the GDP of the Netherlands.
Telegraph: Tech companies have no incentive to monitor their content – so governments need to give them one, sharpish
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...
Handelsblatt: Bei der Bekämpfung extremistischer Inhalte müssen soziale Netzwerke mehr Verantwortung übernehmen
Eine Studie des Counter Extremism Project (CEP) bestätigt ernsthafte Defizite in Youtubes Umgang mit Videos der Terrororganisation Islamischer Staat (IS).
The New York Times: The Case for Removing Extremist Videos From the Internet
A major victory in the fight against extremism was secured last month when YouTube announced that it had taken down the lectures and sermons of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American who had turned into a firebrand preacher and notoriously effective recruiter...
The New York Times: In ‘Watershed Moment,’ YouTube Blocks Extremist Cleric’s Message
For eight years, the jihadist propaganda of Anwar al-Awlaki has helped shape a generation of American terrorists, including the Fort Hood gunman, the Boston Marathon bombers and the perpetrators of massacres in San Bernardino, Calif., and Orlando...
New Europe: Google’s counter-narrative experiment cannot overcome years of neglect
Google wants you to believe it is doing its utmost to counter violent extremist content on its YouTube platform. Yet the tech company has been criticized for their record of turning a blind eye to the proliferation of such propaganda, and we should...
Neue Westfälische: Tipps für Lehrer in der Islamismusprävention
Weil Islamismus an Schulen eine immer größere Rolle spielt, fordern Lehrer und Gewerkschaften seit Jahren mehr Weiterbildungsangebote und Präventionsarbeit. Mit Schülern, die Frauen als Lehrkräfte nicht akzeptieren, Gebetsräume fordern oder...
Berliner Zeitung: Islamismus Ex-BND-Chef wirbt für neue Software gegen Gewalt-Bilder
Auch fast vier Monate nach dem Anschlag auf den Breitscheidplatz mit zwölf Toten wird immer klarer, dass der Attentäter den Sicherheitsbehörden in Berlin und Nordrhein-Westfalen, wo er sich häufig aufhielt, schon länger als Gefährder bekannt war.
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