Violent extremism

US Tech Giants Join Forces Against Terror Content

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Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube announced Monday the launch of an anti-terror partnership aimed at thwarting the spread of extremist content online. The “Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism” intends to share engineering, research and knowledge to help “continue to make our hosted consumer services hostile to terrorists and violent extremists,” the companies said. Each … Read more

20 Stopped From Joining ISIS In Ghana

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A 21-year-old from northern Ghana was last year stopped from joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Executive Director of the West Africa Centre for Counter-Extremism (WACCE), Mr Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar has revealed. According to him, WACCE, since its establishment in 2013, has prevented about 20 people from joining extremism in Ghana. … Read more