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Turning point as social media tackles online 'terror'
AFP, Published on 07/12/2016
» WASHINGTON - Facing mounting pressure to use their technological clout to curb the spread of jihadist propaganda, major US social networks have finally joined forces in an effort to curb "terrorist content."
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Canada stops sharing intel over privacy breach
AFP, Published on 29/01/2016
» OTTAWA - Canada's ultra-secret eavesdropping agency said Thursday it has stopped sharing intelligence with international partners after revealing it had illegally collected Canadians' metadata in sweeps of foreign communications.
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White House, US tech giants to discuss fighting terror
AFP, Published on 09/01/2016
» WASHINGTON - The White House's top security officials are to meet with leading Internet companies in Silicon Valley Friday in an effort to build cooperation against terrorism.
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Instant messaging app in spotlight after IS attacks
AFP, Published on 19/11/2015
» MOSCOW - The instant messaging app Telegram, created by Russian Internet guru Pavel Durov, says it has blocked dozens of accounts associated with the jihadist Islamic State group.
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UN demands 'internet chiefs' crack down on terror
AFP, Published on 25/06/2015
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - A UN report recommends that Internet and social media chiefs report to the United Nations on how they are combatting groups like Islamic State that use "digital terror."
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Big US defense blimp stirs privacy jitters
AFP, Published on 11/02/2015
» ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND (UNITED STATES) - On a crisp winter's day, a tethered blimp almost as big as a football field slowly rises into the blue Maryland sky, casting its radar eye over greater Washington and well beyond.
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Top US court mulls free speech, Facebook threats
AFP, Published on 02/12/2014
» WASHINGTON - US Supreme Court justices struggled Monday with the difficult question of whether threats made on Facebook can be prosecuted or are protected free speech.
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Wildlife 'WikiLeaks' targets poaching in Africa
AFP, Published on 25/08/2014
» DAR ES SALAAM - Poachers slaughtering Africa's elephants and rhinos with impunity are often shielded from police by powerful connections, but a group of conservationists has turned to the anonymity of tip-offs to try to stem the killing.
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Jihadists flood internet with violence
AFP, Published on 21/08/2014
» BEIRUT - A chilling video depicting the apparent murder of a US journalist by jihadists is just the latest salvo in an online war being waged by extremists on social media sites.
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US judge rules NSA phone surveillance lawful
AFP, Published on 28/12/2013
» A US judge ruled Friday that the National Security Agency's mass surveillance of telephone calls is lawful, igniting a legal conflict that the Supreme Court may ultimately have to resolve.
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