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Shedding Light on Terrorist and Extremist Content Removal
Isabelle van der Vegt,
Paul Gill,
Stuart Macdonald 
,
Bennett Kleinberg
,
Bennett Kleinberg
Swansea University Author:
Stuart Macdonald
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Abstract
Social media and tech companies face the challenge of identifying and removing terrorist and extremist content from their platforms. This paper presents the findings of a series of interviews with Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) partner companies and law enforcement Internet Refer...
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2019
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| Online Access: |
https://gnet-research.org/2020/01/07/shedding-light-on-terrorist-and-extremist-content-removal/ |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51011 |
| Abstract: |
Social media and tech companies face the challenge of identifying and removing terrorist and extremist content from their platforms. This paper presents the findings of a series of interviews with Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) partner companies and law enforcement Internet Referral Units (IRUs). It offers a unique view on current practices and challenges regarding content removal, focusing particularly on human-based and automated approaches and the integration of the two. |
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| Keywords: |
Counterterrorism, propaganda, terrorism, extremism, regulation |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |