terrorism
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Israel Seizes Crypto Accounts It Claims Belong to Hamas, ISIS
The Israeli government is taking action against crypto accounts it has deemed suspicious, closing down dozens on one of the largest platforms for the digital currency.
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Meta Shares Tool to Detect Terrorist Content Online
Meta is introducing a new counter-terrorism tool. The news comes as the company will become chair of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)’s Operating Board next month. The GIFCT was founded by Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube in 2017 and has since become a non-governmental organisation (NGO) to tackle terrorism and violent extremism…
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CIA Likely Used ‘Ninja Bomb’ to Kill Terrorist Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
The U.S. drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of the terrorist group Al Qaeda, over the weekend was conducted by the CIA using what was likely the Hellfire R9X missile, according to the New Y0rk Times and India’s Hindustan Times. The missile is unique for not having any explosive material and instead deploys six…
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Facebook’s List of 4,000 Banned Entities Includes Hate Groups, Criminals, and a Whole Lot of Terrorists
Facebook has banned thousands of individuals and organisations allegedly involved in terrorism, according to a Tuesday report by the Intercept, as part of a sprawling blacklist called Dangerous Individuals and Organisations (DIO) that appears to mirror the interests of the U.S. government and military.