February 28, 2018

ISIS recruiter caught by Facebook screenshot

An ISIS follower tried to radicalize hundreds of strangers worldwide, until one of his targets captured the messages and gave them to police.

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October 07, 2016

Islamic State suspect charged with hiding terrorist data in cufflink

A 33-year-old Cardiff man has been charged with training Islamic State terrorists on how to use encryption programs and with hiding a computer program on a USB drive disguised as a cufflink.

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July 04, 2016

Facebook blocks another woman named Isis because of her name

Another woman named after the Egyptian goddess of health, marriage, and wisdom has been told that her name's verboten.

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June 28, 2016

Are Google and Facebook to block extremist content with automatic hashing?

Internet companies are discussing, or already are, adopting the same technology used to spot copyright infringing content or child abuse imagery.

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June 14, 2016

Anonymous hackers are fighting Islamic State with porn

Members of the Anonymous hacker collective are seeking to shame and humiliate sympathizers of Islamic State with porn.

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March 11, 2016

IS defector steals USB stick revealing 22K members identities

The disillusioned ex-fighter brought with him a stolen USB drive containing names, addresses, and phone numbers of Islamic State jihadis.

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December 18, 2015

Should visitors to Islamic State sites face punishments like fines or jail time?

A prominent US law professor proposes criminalizing online terrorist material as we do child abuse imagery.

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December 10, 2015

Bill requiring reporting of social media terrorist content is back

Meanwhile, Google's Schmidt proposes a "hate spell-checker" to sniff out and suppress radical and terrorist content.

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November 24, 2015

How Rickrolling is hindering counter-terrorism

Launching DoS and Rick Astley attacks at IS sites may be good for the lulz, but it's also harming efforts to infiltrate and monitor terrorists, say experts.

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