Internet
UK Turkish groups ‘using anti-Kurdish [propaganda]’ (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
Internet
Laura Loomer’s suit over Twitter ban suffers setback; Muslim group calls it publicity stunt
(Palm Beach Post) Amid a wave of attacks on social media companies by far-right and conservative activists, a federal judge found Monday that firebrand and congressional hopeful Laura Loomer does not have grounds to sue a local Islamic advocacy group for her […]
Internet
Germany prevented 7 attacks since Berlin Christmas market atrocity An attack like the one that left 12 dead in 2016 would not be possible today, says the head of the Federal Criminal Police Office. But the effects of online hate speech have officials worried for democracy in Germany.
(Deutsche Welle) Security authorities have prevented seven terrorist attacks in Germany since the 2016 Christmas market terror attack that killed 12, says Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office. In an interview with German daily Rheinische Post published Wednesday, the organization’s president Holger Münch said […]
Government & Politics
Bipartisan lawmakers dig into Twitter over policy allowing Hamas, Hezbollah accounts
(Hill) A team of bipartisan lawmakers are digging into Twitter over its policy of allowing Hamas and Hezbollah to maintain presences on the powerful social media platform. In a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday, the four House lawmakers offered […]
Government & Politics
Supporters of banned groups in UK face tougher sentences (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
North Dakota lawmaker in Facebook post calls U.S. Rep. Omar ‘a terrorist’
(Bismarck Tribune) A prominent North Dakota state senator drew a rebuke from U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and a Muslim civil rights group Monday for sharing a debunked photo on Facebook alleging Omar is a terrorist. Sen. Oley Larsen, R-Minot, who is the […]
Government & Politics
$17m for new team to tackle online violent extremism
(NZ Herald) A new dedicated team will target violent extremist content online and prosecute those uploading it, filling a gap that was laid bare following the March 15 terrorist attack. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin announced $17 […]
Internet
Gündogan and Can ‘like’ controversial Turkish football Instagram post Ilkay Gündogan and Emre Can have embroiled themselves in a row over a controversial military salute celebration. The German internationals liked an Instagram post featuring Turkey players that is thought to be political.
(Deutsche Welle) Germany players Ilkay Gündogan and Emre Can have found themselves mixed up in the contentious debate over a military salute celebration performed by Turkish international footballers, after the pair both liked an Instagram post showing the celebrations. The two German-born […]
Government & Politics
Sanders campaign taps vocal anti-Israel activist as surrogate New team member accuses Israel of stealing land, Trump of leading KKK rallies
(Free Beacon) Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) has tapped as his latest 2020 campaign surrogate an American-Palestinian comedian who has defended notorious anti-Semites, accused President Donald Trump of leading “a KKK rally,” and routinely claimed that Israel stole land from the Palestinian […]
Government & Politics
Civil liberties groups sound alarm over online extremism bill
(Hill) Civil liberties and technology groups have been sharply critical of a draft bill from House Homeland Security Committee Democrats on dealing with online extremism, saying it would violate First Amendment rights and could result in the surveillance of vulnerable communities. Over […]
Government & Politics
People’s Party won’t take action against N.S. candidate who called Islam ‘pure evil’ Bernier to appear with candidate for Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook in Halifax event
(CBC) Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party says it won’t take action against one of its candidates in Nova Scotia who called Islam “pure evil” and “not compatible with democracy” in numerous social media posts. Sybil Hogg, the PPC candidate for Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook, made a […]
Government & Politics
Finns Party MP fined €4K over ethnic agitation conviction The MP says his Facebook updates did not constitute a punishable offence and that he will appeal the verdict.
(Yle) An Oulu court has slapped Finns Party lawmaker Sebastian Tynkkynen with a 50-day fine after convicting him on charges of ethnic agitation. The total fine amounts to slightly more than 4,000 euros. The conviction came over texts and images Tynkkynen posted […]
Government & Politics
Finns Party MP stands trial for ethnic agitation Sebastian Tynkkynen is in court for a second time on charges of agitation against an ethnic group via social media posts.
(Yle) The trial of Finns Party MP Sebastian Tynkkynen began on Thursday in the Oulu District Court. A lawmaker from the northwest municipality where the proceedings are being held, Tynkkynen is suspected of agitation against an ethnic group in a 2016 Facebook […]
Government & Politics
No, that badly bruised woman in photo was not former U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison’s girlfriend
(PolitiFact) A Facebook post shows a disturbing image of a badly bruised woman and claims her injuries were sustained by her boyfriend, former Democratic congressman Keith Ellison, who now serves as Minnesota’s attorney general. The post displays a split image of Ellison […]
Arts & Entertainment
UK rapper Krept defends use of Arabic phrase in D-Block Europe song after furious online backlash (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
Terror suspect remanded in custody
(Euro Weekly) National Police have arrested an alleged member of DAESH (ISIS) who was storing manuals on how to carry out terror attacks. The man was a member of several restricted pro-DAESH jihadist messaging groups, which have been the main source of […]
Internet
Tech giants beef up body to fight extremist content
(AFP) Tech companies led by Facebook on Monday joined world leaders in ramping up an industry body to weed out extremist content online, giving it a permanent staff. Facebook announced the steps at the United Nations, where French President Emmanuel Macron and […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
AFP inquiry into Islamophobic posts dropped after ex-Liberal candidate did not make referral (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
Tlaib defends anti-Israel activist who was voted off Women’s March board
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) on Friday came to the defense of an anti-Israel activist voted off the Women’s March board earlier in the week, telling her, “we have the truth on our side.” Tlaib took to Twitter to defend […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Islamophobia: Conservative Party members suspended over posts
(BBC) A number of Conservative Party members have been suspended for posting or endorsing Islamophobic material online. The BBC highlighted over 20 new cases to the party, who said all those found to be members who shared or supported anti-Muslim posts on […]
Demonstrations
Anti-Israel activist voted off Women’s March board after two days She has repeatedly denigrated Memorial Day, U.S. troops
(Free Beacon) Zahra Billoo, who has been outspoken about her hatred of Israel and Memorial Day, was voted off the board of the Women’s March Wednesday night after serving only two days. Billoo, the executive director of the San Francisco Bay Area […]
Government & Politics
Tech execs say they’re acting faster on extremist content
(AP) Executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter told Congress on Wednesday that they’ve gotten better and faster at detecting and removing violent extremist content on their social media platforms in the face of mass shootings fueled by hatred. Questioned at a hearing […]
Internet
Facebook still auto-generating Islamic State, al-Qaida pages
(AP) In the face of criticism that Facebook is not doing enough to combat extremist messaging, the company likes to say that its automated systems remove the vast majority of prohibited content glorifying the Islamic State group and al-Qaida before it’s reported. […]
Internet
Facebook taps London police to track terror livestreams
(AFP) Facebook on Tuesday teamed up with the London police as part of a ramped-up effort to thwart live-streams of terror attacks such as the New Zealand mosque massacre. A self-professed white supremacist used a head-mounted camera in March to broadcast live […]
Arts & Entertainment
New Women’s March board member: US military and ISIS terrorists are ‘comparably evil’
(Daily Caller) A new board member for the left-wing activist group Women’s March has repeatedly compared the U.S. and Israeli militaries to the terrorist groups ISIS and Al Qaeda. The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) [San Francisco chapter], […]
Children & Teens
Lifestyle website for Muslim teens is covertly funded by the Home Office (LINK ONLY)
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Animals
Green Party candidate out of the race after anti-Muslim social media post surfaces Erik Schomann posted a photo on social media with a caption about sending a pig carcass to Muslims
(CBC) The Green Party has turfed one of its Ontario candidates over an old social media post in which he spoke about sending a pig carcass to Muslims. Erik Schomann, who was the party’s candidate in Simcoe North, posted a photo of himself […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar: 9/11 ‘was an attack on all of us’
(Daily Caller) Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar commemorated [the] 18th anniversary of the September 11th attacks Wednesday, saying that she will “never forget” the attack on U.S. soil. “September 11th was an attack on all of us. We will never forget the […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Rashida Tlaib bemoans Islamophobia on 9/11 anniversary: America cannot ‘allow this type of violence to divide us’
(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib sent a tweet thread Wednesday about her memories of the September 11th, 2001, attacks by talking about Islamophobic phone calls she received while working at an Arab-American group. “I will #neverforget 9/11. I was working […]
Government & Politics
Think tank group targets Muslim council candidates A former ACT MP says she was unaware of derogatory and xenophobic remarks towards Muslims on a Facebook group she set up.
(Radio NZ) The Facebook group for political think tank New Zealand Centre for Political Research has several threads taking aim at Muslim candidates standing in the local government elections. Former ACT MP Muriel Newman founded the think tank in 2005. Dr Newman […]
Government & Politics
Bernie Sanders trots out Linda Sarsour as a campaign surrogate
(Daily Caller) Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders enlisted the services of far-left activist Linda Sarsour to campaign for him this week as he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders tweeted Sarsour’s remarks in a video that went viral Friday night and Saturday […]
Government & Politics
Tlaib meets with members of terrorism-supporting, anti-Israel organization Tlaib powwows with members of the Palestine Youth Movement
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) recently met with a controversial pro-Palestinian organization that has encouraged violence against Israel, justified the use of terrorism against the Jewish state, and has called for the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, according to online postings […]
Government & Politics
No, this isn’t a photo of Ilhan Omar at an al-Qaida training camp
(PolitiFact) In July, President Donald Trump drew criticism for falsely saying that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was “speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is.” An Aug. 29 Facebook post also seeks to tie the Somalia-born congresswoman to the terrorist group. “Here is […]
Government & Politics
B.C. man in terror case ordered released by Federal Court but awaits deportation
(Canadian Press) A British Columbia man who glorified terrorism by the Islamic State group in multiple Facebook posts has been ordered released from immigration detention by the Federal Court nearly a year after the Immigration and Refugee Board deemed him inadmissible and […]
Internet
German Hezbollah mosque declares it is proud of terrorism and pro-Khamenei According to the intelligence document reviewed by the Post, the number of Hezbollah members climbed from 105 in 2017 to 110 in 2018 in North Rhine-Westphalia.
(Jerusalem Post) The Hezbollah mosque in the German city of Münster posted a shocking video in December on its Facebook page, announcing it was proud of terrorism and its allegiance to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The Washington-based […]
Government & Politics
German federal criminal police investigate Hamas Twitter due to propaganda 'The accounts of Hamas must disappear from Twitter! Twitter supports a terrorist organization by providing infrastructure,' said Volker Beck.
(Jerusalem Post) German Green Party politician Volker Beck filed a formal police complaint, seeking to remove the jihadist terror organization Hamas from the micro-blogging site Twitter. “The accounts of the Hamas must disappear from Twitter! Twitter supports a terrorist organization by providing […]
Demonstrations
Linda Sarsour claims that pro-Israel ‘Zionists’ marched with the KKK
(Daily Caller) Palestinian-American activist and Women’s March organizer Linda Sarsour made the utterly baseless claim that pro-Israel “Zionists” marched with the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in North Carolina this year in a recent social media post. Over the weekend, a tiny group […]
Government & Politics
Morrison lands at G7 with new plan to fight online extremism
(Sydney Morning Herald) Social media platforms will be asked to open up to new scrutiny of their efforts to tackle violent and extremist content, under a global voluntary code due to be announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the G7 in […]
Government & Politics
Websites blocks for extreme terror content
(AAP) Websites hosting abhorrent violent material or extreme terror content will soon be more easily blocked. Communications Minister Paul Fletcher intends to put in place stricter rules after the Christchurch terror attacks were live-streamed in March. “The Morrison government is determined to […]
Government & Politics
German state fights Islamist extremism with YouTube satire The state government of North Rhine-Westphalia is betting on wit and humor as an antidote to Islamist extremism. Extremists use YouTube to target young people, but NRW wants to fight fire with fire.
(Deutsche Welle) The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has launched a satirical YouTube channel in the hope of stopping young people from becoming radicalized via the video sharing platform. The project launched by the NRW Office for the Protection of the Constitution […]
Children & Teens
Rashida Tlaib appears to blame ‘Israeli occupation’ for Israeli teen’s murder
(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib once again criticized the state of Israel Friday night, following the death of an Israeli teen. 17-year-old Rina Shnerb was killed in a terrorist attack earlier this week in the West Bank, while her brother […]
Government & Politics
France says social media platforms will still sign hate speech pledge
(Reuters) France said it was optimistic that U.S.-based social media platforms including Facebook and Snapchat would still sign a pledge to fight online hate speech despite a last-minute delay. France, which is hosting the G7 summit in Biarritz, was initially hoping to […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Ilhan Omar: I can’t talk about Islamophobia without talking about anti-Semitism too
(Daily Caller) Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said that she cannot stand against Islamophobia without also standing against anti-Semitism in a social media thread Friday. “In order to confront the evils of religious bigotry and hatred, we must realize that all of […]
Crime
Chechen refugee in Germany fined after sharing DW article on Islamic State A court in Augsburg has fined a refugee from the Chechen Republic after he shared a DW article on his Facebook page. According to the ruling, he propagated the insignia of the Islamic State group.
(Deutsche Welle) When Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov, a Chechen refugee living in the Bavarian city of Augsburg, shared a DW article on his Facebook page last year, he never imagined he’d end up in legal trouble. But this week a court in Augsburg fined […]
Government & Politics
Jerrold Nadler blasts ‘Squad’ members over ‘vile’ anti-Semitic cartoon
(Washington Times) One of the most senior Democrats in the House, the man who would spearhead any impeachment effort against President Trump, called out two members of “the Squad” for sharing an anti-Semitic cartoon by a cartoonist with a history on that […]
Government & Politics
Trump slams Tlaib after press conference on Israel ban: I don’t buy her tears
(Hill) President Trump on Tuesday ramped up his attacks on Rep. Rashida Tlaib after the Michigan Democrat got emotional at a press conference criticizing Israel over its decision to bar her from entering the country last week. “Sorry, I don’t buy Rep. Tlaib’s tears,” Trump […]
Government & Politics
Omar, Tlaib share cartoon from prominent anti-Semitic cartoonist
(Daily Caller) Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan shared a meme on their Instagram stories Friday from cartoonist Carlos Latuff, [whose] work has been accused of being anti-Semitic and has trivialized the Holocaust. The meme featured Latuff’s […]
Government & Politics
Trump accuses Tlaib of grandstanding by turning down Israel offer to see grandmother
(Hill) President Trump on Friday tore into Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) after she announced she would not visit her grandmother in the West Bank, citing the Israeli government’s original decision to bar her from entering the country entirely. The president, who had encouraged Israel […]
Immigration
Mexico detains US ‘Islamist’ at migrant center
(AFP) Mexico said Friday it arrested a US citizen suspected of backing jihadist groups who was being housed at a migrant detention center and deported him to the United States. The Mexican prosecutor general’s office said the man was the target of […]
Clerics & Preachers
Green candidate forced to resign after criticizing mosque leader
(Toronto Star) A federal Green Party candidate was forced to drop out of the upcoming election campaign as he continues to call on the leader of the Quebec City mosque that was site of a 2017 massacre to denounce a man who […]