Government & Politics

Social media giants compelled by eSafety commissioner to report on efforts to combat terrorist and violent extremist material

(ABC-Australia) Australia’s eSafety commissioner has put the big social media companies on notice, demanding they do better to stop the proliferation of violent extremist material and activity on their platforms. Julie Inman Grant said YouTube-owner Google, Meta (owner of Facebook and Instagram), […]

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Germany detains two IS suspects over Swedish attack plan German police have arrested two suspected Islamists for allegedly planning a firearms attack near the Swedish parliament.

(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday said two suspected supporters of the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) jihadist militia had been arrested in the central German state of Thuringia. Prosecutors allege that the two Afghan nationals had hatched a plot to carry out an attack […]