Bloomberg: Facebook, Twitter Pressed to Help Prevent Domestic Terrorism

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"While companies can move quickly to share information about posts glorifying or depicting an attack so that they can be taken down, it’s difficult to do without catching legitimate news organizations in the mix as they report on the events. That shouldn’t be an excuse, said Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project. 'This is the technology industry -- they solve enormous problems,' Farid said. 'I don’t buy the argument that it’s too complicated.'"

Date
August 10, 2019
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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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