European police remove 26,000 pieces of Islamic State content from social media
European police agencies in recent days have removed a number of servers that the Islamic State terrorist group relied on to communicate internally, and amplify propaganda. In a statement Monday, Europol said it worked with internet companies like Google and Twitter to remove messaging from the group. Authorities said they eliminated 26,000 pieces of content from several sites, such as videos, social media accounts, communication channels and posts. Police have described the takedown as a major blow to the extremist’s radicalization efforts. Police in Spain’s Canary Islands also arrested one suspect accused of being “part of the core disseminators” of the group’s recruitment and radicalization efforts. “Prevention is a crucial part of the fight against terrorism because, when we disrupt the propaganda machine of terrorist organizations, we also disrupt radicalization, the recruitment of potential terrorists and also further spreading of the message that could lead to terrorist attacks,” said Ladislav […]
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