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| DATE | 2017-06-07 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] The Foreign Policy Faliure that keeps on giving
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http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/04/technology/social-media-terrorism-extremism-london/index.html
17 years after 9-11 and we are still attacking this backwards...
Theresa May: Internet must be regulated to prevent terrorism
by Charles Riley -at-CRrileyCNN June 4, 2017: 5:55 PM ET
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Prime Minister Theresa May has called for closer regulation of the
internet following a deadly terror attack in London.
At least seven people were killed in a short but violent assault that
unfolded late Saturday night in the heart of the capital, the third such
attack to hit Britain this year.
May said on Sunday that a new approach to tackling extremism is
required, including changes that would deny terrorists and extremist
sympathizers digital tools used to communicate and plan attacks.
London attack: Live updates
"We cannot allow this ideology the safe space it needs to breed," May
said. "Yet that is precisely what the internet and the big companies
that provide internet-based services provide."
"We need to work with allied democratic governments to reach
international agreements that regulate cyberspace to prevent the spread
of extremist and terrorism planning," she continued. "We need to do
everything we can at home to reduce the risks of extremism online."
May's call for new internet regulations was part of a larger strategy to
combat terror, including what she described as "far too much tolerance
of extremism in our country."
It was not immediately clear how May would crack down on social media
and internet firms, but she has long been an advocate of increased
government surveillance powers.
Not everyone is convinced that additional restrictions would be effective.
Peter Neumann, a professor who studies political violence and
radicalization at King's College in London, said that blaming social
media is "politically convenient but intellectually lazy."
Neumann said that few people are radicalized exclusively online. And
efforts by major social media firms to crack down on extremists accounts
have pushed their conversations off public sites and onto encrypted
messaging platforms.
"This has not solved problem, just made it different," he said on Twitter.
The attack comes as tech giants come under increased pressure in Europe
over their policing of violent and hate speech.
Europe's top regulator released data last week that showed that Twitter
(TWTR, Tech30) has failed to take down a majority of hate speech posts
after they had been flagged. Facebook (FB, Tech30) and YouTube fared
better, removing 66% of reported hate speech.
On Sunday, Twitter pointed to data that showed it suspended more than
375,000 accounts in the second half of 2016 for violations related to
the promotion of terrorism.
"Terrorist content has no place on Twitter," said Nick Pickles,
Twitter's head of public policy in the U.K., in a statement to CNNMoney.
Pickles said the company will "never stop working" on the issue.
Google (GOOGL, Tech30) said that it "shares the government's commitment
to ensuring terrorists do not have a voice online" and said it was
working with its partners to "to tackle these challenging and complex
problems."
Facebook (FB, Tech30) said in a widely reported statement that it wants
to be a "hostile environment for terrorists." Simon Milner, the
company's director of policy, added that the social media platform works
"aggressively" to remove terrorist content.
Related: 8 minutes of terror and mayhem
In the U.K., a parliamentary committee report published last month
alleged that social media firms have prioritized profit over user safety
by continuing to host unlawful content. The report also called for
"meaningful fines" if the companies do not quickly improve.
"The biggest and richest social media companies are shamefully far from
taking sufficient action to tackle illegal and dangerous content," the
report said. "Given their immense size, resources and global reach, it
is completely irresponsible of them to fail to abide by the law."
Forty-eight people were injured in Saturday's attack on London Bridge
and Borough Market. Police officers pursued and shot dead three
attackers within eight minutes of the first emergency call, London
police said.
-- Ivana Kottasová contributed reporting.
CNNMoney (London) First published June 4, 2017: 7:36 AM ET
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