Google is making free anti-terrorism moderation tools for smaller websitesThe technology may be needed to obey local content laws.By J. Fingas, 01.03.2023
Buffalo gunman clips proliferate on social media following Twitch removalOne Facebook post with footage from the attack had reportedly been viewed more than 1.8 million times. By I. Bonifacic, 05.15.2022
Iraqi prime minister says he was the target of a drone assassination attemptThe nature of terrorism is changing.By J. Fingas, 11.07.2021
Homeland Security may use companies to find extremism on social mediaThere are concerns this will degrade civil liberties.By J. Fingas, 08.15.2021
EU approves rules for rapid takedown of online terrorist contentPlatforms will have an hour to remove such material or face possible fines.By K. Holt, 04.29.2021
Feds charge man with planning to blow up an Amazon data centerHe allegedly wanted to 'kill' most of the internet.By J. Fingas, 04.10.2021
Sorry, judges, encrypted chat is not like a private thoughtEvery luddite wants to rule the world.By V. Blue, 04.07.2021
Facebook temporarily bans ads for gun accessories and military gearThe pause will last through President-elect Biden's inauguration.By J. Fingas, 01.16.2021
Twitch clarifies its ban on terrorist and extremist contentThe service reinforced that there's no place for such material on its platform.By K. Holt, 10.05.2020
Hitting the Books: Hackers can convince your IoT devices to betray youOur open technology culture could be our undoing.By A. Tarantola, 01.18.2020
Twitter bans accounts related to Hamas and HezbollahThe company is the last social network to suspend the groups.By I. Bonifacic, 11.04.2019
TikTok is the latest platform to pull ISIS propaganda videosMembers of the Islamic State shared videos with heart and star filters and catchy songs.By C. Fisher, 10.21.2019
Facebook will train its content-removal AI with police camera footageFacebook wants to make its AI better at detecting videos of mass shootings.By C. Fisher, 09.17.2019
Australia will block domains with extremist material during terror attacksThere are many questions about how (and if) it will work.By J. Fingas, 08.25.2019
US Homeland Security Committee subpoenas 8chan ownerPhilippines resident Jim Watkins must appear on September 5th. By S. Dent, 08.15.2019
US Treasury has 'serious concerns' Libra could be used for terrorismAs well as money laundering and other crimes.By C. Fisher, 07.15.2019
Canada reveals measures to tackle online extremismIt's working with the likes of Facebook and Google on a youth summit.By K. Holt, 06.26.2019
US now requires social media info for visa applicationsYou'll need to share details for five years.By J. Fingas, 06.01.2019
Twitter suspensions for promoting terrorism drop yet againIts transparency report showed a decrease in child exploitation-related suspensions.By K. Holt, 05.09.2019
Google manually reviewed a million suspected terrorist videos on YouTubeOf the million reviewed, 90,000 violated its terrorism policy.By C. Fisher, 05.02.2019