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UN Chief Pushes Rights-Centered Counter-terror Campaign
December 01, 2017
In recent remarks at the University of London, UN Secretary-General António Guterres set out a five-priority strategy in the fight against terrorism, including grounding counter-terrorism operations in the global human rights agenda and supporting partnerships among tech companies like the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, which seeks to remove terrorist content.
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EU Establishes Expert Group on "Fake News"
December 01, 2017
The European Commission has announced that it will establish a High-Level Expert Group to develop a strategy toward halting the spread of "fake news" online, particularly in the realm of Russian disinformation.
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FRA Promotes Prosecution of Purveyors of "Hate Speech"
December 01, 2017
Speaking at a Web Summit in Portugal, an official from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights’ (FRA) Promotion Department called for countries to develop "an action plan against online hatred" and supported the prosecution of perpetrators of "hate speech" on the internet.
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Women Pose Complex Next-Generation Jihadist Threat
November 30, 2017
The return of significant numbers of women from Islamic State territory in the Mideast to their European countries of origin poses a range of short-term domestic security concerns for Western states, as well as long-term threats of women as next-generation Islamist radicals and wives and mothers of jihadists.
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Egyptian Mosque Attack Holds Lessons for Soft Target Security
November 30, 2017
Last week’s mass-casualty attack on a mosque by an Islamic State affiliate in the Egyptian Sinai reflects the increasing trend by militant Islamists to target urban areas in the Mideast and North Africa, suggesting the need for a multi-stakeholder approach that integrates intelligence, policing, and education to protect urban soft targets from future assaults.
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