terrorism
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25 Sep
France terrorism: Fighting fear in the City of Light
Paris has been the target of several terrorist attacks since 2015.
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18 Sep
The UK wants to stay in Europol after Brexit – how would this work?
When the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU) in the Brexit referendum last year, there were concerns the UK would have to leave critical treaties.
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21 Aug
These are all the ways AI is going to change the world – from the important to the frivolous
Now that we’re used to having the likes of Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri as part of our daily lives, we can forget about the impact that artificial intelligence (AI) is really having on the world.
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1 Aug
These are all the ways Facebook, Google and Twitter are trying to fight terrorism online
Social media is often criticised as being a hotbed of extremist content and a way for terrorists to spread their message online.
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1 Aug
Tech companies and governments to tackle extremism at the Global Internet Forum: here’s what to expect
The first Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) workshop takes place today in San Francisco.
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17 Jul
Australia and Indonesia turn on encrypted apps in the fight against terror
Another day, another government fight against encrypted messaging apps.
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5 Jul
Arab states cut ties with Qatar over funding terrorism – yet Saudi Arabia has “clear” links to extremism
Five Arabian states, including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are all shunning neighbouring Qatar over its alleged financial links to terrorism groups last month.
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3 Jul
Macron hopes to reduce the number of French MPs by a third
French president Emmanuel Macron repeated his promise to cut the number of French MPs by a third and hold a referendum on it if parliament did not approve.
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19 Jun
Google steps up its fight against online terrorism with new strategy
The UK has been hit by three terror attacks, and a suspected fourth, over the past few months, causing death and pain to many people across the country.
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15 Jun
Facebook will use AI technology to remove terrorist content
Social media giant Facebook has announced plans to remove terrorism content from its site using artificial intelligence (AI).
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27 May
Here’s what happened at the G7 meeting
Leaders of the G7, seven of the world’s biggest industrial nations, met at a summit in Taormina, Sicily on Friday to discuss issues ranging from terrorism to climate change.
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11 May
G7 finance meeting in Italy: what to expect
Finance ministers and central bankers from the G7 states are meeting today in Bari, Italy.
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26 Apr
Twitter has blocked the UK government from anti-terror monitoring
Social media network Twitter has reportedly blocked the UK government’s anti-terror monitoring tactics online.
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31 Mar
Major Gulf airlines respond to electronics ban with free wifi, laptops and iPads
Middle East airlines Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways will offer passengers flying to the US free laptops, wifi and iPads from next week in response to the US government’s electronics ban.
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31 Mar
The UK government is launching an offensive against encryption — what could this mean?
After last week’s terror attack at the Houses of Parliament, the UK government wants to crack down on the secure ways terrorists can communicate with one another.
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23 Mar
Twitter shuts down almost 377,000 accounts for promoting terrorism
Twitter, the online news and social networking service based in San Francisco, suspended 376,890 accounts for promoting terrorism in the second half of last year.
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23 Mar
Trump’s healthcare bill vote; Japanese PM scandal deepens; London recovers from terror attack
These three things will change the world today.
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15 Feb
Fool’s gold: Remove the financial incentive of fake news
Hoaxes, misinformation and conspiracy theories — for the past few months, the danger posed by “fake news” has dominated the headlines.
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14 Feb
David Petraeus could be Trump’s new national security advisor
Former CIA director David Petraeus could replace Michael Flynn as US president Donald Trump’s national security adviser.