Spy watchdog urges businesses to boycott social media firms until they crack down on terror, report says

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If Facebook, Twitter et al policed jihadis, recruitment, etc. as vigorously and viciously as they do my colleagues, my followers and me, the world would be a vastly safe place. For jihadis, social media is a “safe place.”

Businesses have been urged to boycott social media firms until they crack down on terror, a report into the 2017 terror attacks says.

The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) – chaired by Dominic Grieve MP – published two reports on Thursday, analysing the Westminster, Manchester Arena, London Bridge, Finsbury Park, and Parsons Green terror incidents.

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Telegraph, November 21, 2018:

Thirty-six lives were lost and many more were injured during the attacks last year, and the report considers whether mistakes were made, and seeks to ensure that all changes and improvements required have been identified.

In it, MPs said: “The system for regulating and reporting purchases of the ingredients used to make explosives was hopelessly out of date. This facilitated the perpetrators in acquiring the materials they required.”

In relation to phone systems being used as a “safe haven for extremists and terrorists” the report says: “Appeals to [Communication Service Providers] sense of corporate and social responsibility have not resulted I them making the changes required…these loopholes were used by the perpetrators of the 2017 attacks.”

The report states that access to extremist material online “is reported to have played a key role in the Manchester Arena attack and may have been a factor in radicalising the London Bridge attacker and the Westminster attacker”.

Manchester Arena: Salman Abedi may have gained further expertise in Libya
London Bridge: Khuram Butt is thought to have frequently accessed extremist material online
Westminster: Khalid Masood is thought to have viewed general extremist material, although he had viewed some more extreme material on beheadings and executions on YouTube

The report described the problem of terrorists using social media as “vast”.

“In the past, extremist material was predominantly distributed via leaflets, tape recordings or at meetings,” the report said.

“This made it harder for individuals to access or disseminate extremist material without detection whilst the physical element also limited the scale of this activity.

“Today, the internet allows terrorist and extremist groups to create, post, copy and distribute extremist material, which can be made accessible to over a billion people in a matter of seconds.

“Crucially, the speed at which material can be created and distributed, and the interactive nature of certain web services and social media platforms, means that the authors are able to interact with their audiences, and discuss current events or recent attacks, for example, in a manner that was not possible previously.

It was stated that according to 2013 research, searching the internet for “how to make a bomb” returned almost two million results, while “beheading video” brought up 250,000.

The committee agreed that in the past five years, those numbers will have inevitably grown.

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Thomas Faddis
Thomas Faddis
5 years ago

Screw testimony! Congress should just jail the top 100 executives,each, of google, fascistbook AND twitter!

Bucket
Bucket
5 years ago
Reply to  Thomas Faddis

no

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
5 years ago
Reply to  Bucket

“no” Why?

cylde
cylde
5 years ago

We have a justice system that includes investigations , formal charges and trials by juries. Too bad it is so broken.

leonore35
leonore35
5 years ago

Congress cannot ‘jail’ people only the courts can do that and with the combative US legal system it would take decades to achieve it

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
5 years ago
Reply to  leonore35

Actually, either house of congress has the ability, when on their grounds, to arrest, charge, and jail … It goes further than that. There’s an old but sturdy doctrine called “inherent contempt” that gives Congress the power to bring the recalcitrant parties in — by force, if necessary. And, to jail them … in the House’s very own little jail.

Thomas Faddis
Thomas Faddis
5 years ago
Reply to  Bucket

Hyperbole, I know, it just gets frustrating. (I lost my youtube channel 9 months ago. Same as so many others, ‘Violated community standards’, but won’t say how, and the 2 videos they said I got strikes on (4 years apart), were how to claim from free bitcoin faucets! Nothing in community guidelines and standards on That, that I could find! & I had dozens of other videos exactly like them with No strikes, wtgdf?!!)

Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago

Trump was correct in exposing the jihadi paki mayor of London http://bit.ly/2svuNZ3

Of course as usual he was called “racist” for it ! LOL !

Sing On
Sing On
5 years ago

The UK should file a complaint through NATO and pressure the US to discipline social media companies for this.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

Facebook doesn’t care about militant Islam, its top concern and priority is fighting “Islamophobia”.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  R. Arandas

Fascist book is censoring us out to force us to submit to their lefty agenda.

iprazhm
iprazhm
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Facebook can’t and doesn’t force anyone to do anything. Everyone who uses it, makes the personal choice to use it. Lol, people are refusing to take responsibility for what they actively support. If you subscribe, then you are part of the evil, adding to it’s power. No subscribers, no power.
Duh.

cylde
cylde
5 years ago

They are blaming social media when the problem is actually sourced at every mosque. There are no moderate muslims.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

Oh but social media IS CRACKING DOWN ON TERRORISM.
They see YOU as the “terrorist.”
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wpjokari
wpjokari
5 years ago

problem isn’t social media, who cares what they sought, why they sought it, how they sought it, the problem is that you let them physically into the country. also matters not that you let seemingly peaceable mooslums in, only so that their children could/would/did become jihadi racist anti-patriot subprimate non-citizens…by default you’re responsible, do something now.

iprazhm
iprazhm
5 years ago

People are addicted to social media, and they don’t care about the negative consequences of using it. No matter that it’s causing lose of peace and life, even within their own families.

Dan Roley
Dan Roley
5 years ago

correct answer re social media. youtube is equally useful to islamists..jihadists..etc.
I discovered a pedophile on youtube just 1 hour ago.he was commenting anti christian hate so insane that i checked his ‘name’against youtube subscription account creators. got him. not a chance for him to deny my charges
but..after my report what will youtube do about blatant pedophile using the subscrip program? I should inform the police.

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