[ad_1] The European Commission is still considering whether to regulate social media platforms to ensure they promptly remove illegal content — be it terrorist propaganda, child sexual exploitation or hate speech but also commercial scams and even copyright breaches. Yesterday it revealed the next steps in trying to rule social sharing platforms in the meanwhile,…
[ad_1] One way to take down a terrorist? Laugh at him. Priyank Mathur, a former Counterterrorism Officer for the US Department of Homeland Security, was chatting with his old colleagues over coffee last year, when the subject veered towards ISIS recruitment videos. The terror outfit had been putting out increasingly sophisticated videos – slickly edited,…
[ad_1] Following the Manchester terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert this past May, publisher Bandai Namco decided to delay the release of its first-person thriller game, Get Even, by one month to June 23. According to the publisher’s U.K. Twitter account, the move was made out of respect for those affected by the attack.…
[ad_1] Today Facebook, Microsoft, YouTube and Twitter collectively announced a new partnership aimed at reducing the accessibility of internet services to terrorists. The new Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism adds structure to existing efforts by the companies to target and remove from major web platforms recruiting materials for terror groups. Together, the four tech leaders say…