Study finds sites that mislead, not flat-out lie, attract record share of Facebook engagements

The United Nations-backed Tech Against Terrorism said it’s accelerating the inclusion of Taliban content into its terrorism database, Protocol’s Issie Lapowsky reports. The move comes as the technology industry grapples with how to deal with the Taliban, which has seized control of Afghanistan and used sophisticated tactics on social media. 

Washington Post, 21 August 2021

Nigel Farage, NatWest and the fight over ‘woke’ capitalism

Nigel Farage, NatWest and the fight over ‘woke’ capitalism

Adam Hadley, executive director of Tech Against Terrorism, an online counter-terrorism group, says Farage had raised “valid concerns about potential...

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Terrorist Anders Breivik’s manifesto was listed for sale on Waterstones website

Terrorist Anders Breivik’s manifesto was listed for sale on Waterstones website

Investigators at Tech Against Terrorism, a UN-backed online counter-terrorism organisation, found the manifesto for sale on the Waterstones site,...

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Ofcom ‘will get more power than spies’ to monitor apps

Ofcom ‘will get more power than spies’ to monitor apps

Tech against Terrorism, a UN-backed organisation that tackles online terrorism, believes that in practice Ofcom may not use the powers that much.

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