After a series of terror attacks earlier this year in Austria and France, the European Union, its member states, and the United Kingdom are taking new steps to reduce online extremism and stem the dissemination of terrorist propaganda. In Austria...
The online web forum Fascist Forge was an important recruitment and networking tool for some of the most extreme neo-Nazis for almost two years. Following the site’s removal in February 2020, no strong contender has emerged to take its place. It is...
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the United States has seized two websites affiliated with U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH). The seized websites, Aletejahtv.com and kataibhezbollah.com...
Google and Apple are facing renewed scrutiny from European officials for their failure to remove—and ban in entirety—the Muslim Brotherhood-sponsored app, Euro Fatwa. The intensifying pressure comes after months of repeated government warnings that...
YouTube is allowing a propaganda channel linked to the white supremacist Rise Above Movement (RAM) to operate on their platform, in a glaring example of how the popular video streaming site is failing to confront right-wing extremism. The channel...
The Latest Reactive Policy Change Follows Growing Pressure From Advocacy Groups On Monday, Facebook updated its hate speech policy to ban content that “denies or distorts” information about the Holocaust. The company claimed that its latest policy...
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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