Isis Twitter Use

Twitter was accused in the US Supreme Court Wednesday of closing its eyes to the ISIS group as judges struggled to determine whether social media sites could be held liable for acts of terror.

The use of Google's YouTube as a destination from which to spread jihadi terrorist propaganda online is dramatically declining, according to an intelligence group that tracks online extremism.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled on Wednesday that Twitter Inc is not liable to families of two US government contractors killed in an ISIS attack in Jordan for having failed to block that group from using its accounts and messaging services.

US President Donald Trump ripped into Pakistan on Monday, declaring on Twitter that American governments had over the last 15 years "foolishly" given 33 billion dollars in aid to Islamabad that gave "safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan".

The ISIS's Twitter traffic has plunged 45 percent in the past two years, the Obama administration says, as the U.S. and its allies have countered messages of jihadi glorification with a flood of online images and statements about suffering and enslavement at the hands of the extremist organization.

The plaintiff argues the three platforms "have knowingly permitted the terrorist group Isis to use their social networks".

Officials with the nonprofit Simon Wiesenthal Center praised Twitter Inc on Monday for increasing efforts to thwart Islamic State's use of its platform for recruitment and propaganda.

The NIA said suspects had extensively used various social media sites and communication tools, including Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp.

Tamara Fields said Twitter knowingly let the militant Islamist group use its network to spread propaganda, raise money, and attract recruits.

Twitter Inc has clarified its definition of abusive behaviour that will prompt it to delete accounts, banning "hateful conduct" that promotes violence against specific groups.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen today removed a photograph of the decapitated body of US journalist James Foley from her Twitter account after his parents accused her of using it for political gain.

Authorities in Saudi Arabia have long been annoyed that everyone keeps suggesting they are anything like the Islamic State. Sure, they say, perhaps some of the laws on the books may look similar to the punishments in the extremist organization, but the Saudi kingdom is a sovereign state that abides by the rule of law and uses these punishments with...

Critics have long lamented that Twitter Inc is difficult to use and has had trouble defining itself, which is why it has not expanded its audience.

Australian Prime Minister Abbott said it was vital to find ways to stymie extremists who are drawing thousands of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks during the annual gathering of the 193-nation U.N. General Assembly in New York.

Twitter was accused in the US Supreme Court Wednesday of closing its eyes to the ISIS group as judges struggled to determine whether social media sites could be held liable for acts of terror.

The use of Google's YouTube as a destination from which to spread jihadi terrorist propaganda online is dramatically declining, according to an intelligence group that tracks online extremism.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled on Wednesday that Twitter Inc is not liable to families of two US government contractors killed in an ISIS attack in Jordan for having failed to block that group from using its accounts and messaging services.

US President Donald Trump ripped into Pakistan on Monday, declaring on Twitter that American governments had over the last 15 years "foolishly" given 33 billion dollars in aid to Islamabad that gave "safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan".

The ISIS's Twitter traffic has plunged 45 percent in the past two years, the Obama administration says, as the U.S. and its allies have countered messages of jihadi glorification with a flood of online images and statements about suffering and enslavement at the hands of the extremist organization.

The plaintiff argues the three platforms "have knowingly permitted the terrorist group Isis to use their social networks".

Officials with the nonprofit Simon Wiesenthal Center praised Twitter Inc on Monday for increasing efforts to thwart Islamic State's use of its platform for recruitment and propaganda.

The NIA said suspects had extensively used various social media sites and communication tools, including Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp.

Tamara Fields said Twitter knowingly let the militant Islamist group use its network to spread propaganda, raise money, and attract recruits.

Twitter Inc has clarified its definition of abusive behaviour that will prompt it to delete accounts, banning "hateful conduct" that promotes violence against specific groups.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen today removed a photograph of the decapitated body of US journalist James Foley from her Twitter account after his parents accused her of using it for political gain.

Authorities in Saudi Arabia have long been annoyed that everyone keeps suggesting they are anything like the Islamic State. Sure, they say, perhaps some of the laws on the books may look similar to the punishments in the extremist organization, but the Saudi kingdom is a sovereign state that abides by the rule of law and uses these punishments with...

Critics have long lamented that Twitter Inc is difficult to use and has had trouble defining itself, which is why it has not expanded its audience.

Australian Prime Minister Abbott said it was vital to find ways to stymie extremists who are drawing thousands of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks during the annual gathering of the 193-nation U.N. General Assembly in New York.