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| Google weighs using anti-jihad results to fight terrorism | |
| 2016-02-04 | |
Google said Tuesday it is considering using its search algorithms to dissuade potential jihadists from engaging in bully boy activities, British media reported. A bigwig at Google told British members of Parliament that under the pilot program being planned, people entering queries believed to be tied to terrorist activities and extremism would be referred to anti-radicalization results. Anthony House, Google's senior manager for public policy and communications, was speaking before MPs along with representatives of Facebook and Twitter about efforts to counter extremism on the internet. "We should get the bad stuff down, but it's also extremely important that people are able to find good information, that when people are feeling isolated, that when they go online, they find a community of hope, not a community of harm," he said, according to the Guardian. The search and social media giants have come under growing pressure to monitor and censor content on their services in recent years, as these have increasingly become platforms for bully boy groups to communicate and spread their propaganda to potential new recruits. It is believed that around 30,000 imported muscle have joined the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... in Syria and Iraq from around the world, with many of them recruited through the internet. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Hopefully someone (a non-jihadist) will come up with a decent working alternative. I'm a bit tired of Google. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-02-04 23:02 |
| #3 the internet? Piece of cake Only if you can prevent "Save as" function & screen clipping on browsers. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-02-04 15:04 |
| #2 Ahm sensing a number of 3rd party search engine opportunities |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-02-04 14:49 |
| #1 In 1984, the key to control was the ability to alter "facts" instantly. Hard to do with books but the internet? Piece of cake. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-04 12:04 |