Tech & Terrorism: Google Sues Germany Over Hate Speech Law (New York, N.Y.) – This week, Google filed a lawsuit in administrative court in Germany to challenge a portion of the country’s expanded 2018 Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG). NetzDG regulates online...
Extremist Content Online: White Supremacists Celebrate Ten Year Anniversary of 2011 Norway Attacks (New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit...
France, UK sign new security deal to protect against Channel terror threat France24 – Britain and France on Tuesday signed a new security deal aimed at protecting the public in the event of a terror attack in the Channel against a large vessel such as a...
France Adopts Laws to Combat Terrorism, but Critics Call Them Overreaching Nytimes – After several attacks, the government said it needed more tools to hunt down terrorists and prevent extremist ideas from spreading. Critics call the laws heavy handed. PARIS —...
As the West winds down its ‘war on terror,’ jihadists are filling the vacuum, UN warns (CNN) – As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the United Nations is warning that the threat from terror groups such as ISIS and al Qaeda is not only...
