United Nations: Microsoft said on Wednesday that there is no silver bullet that will stop terrorist use of the internet.
Steven Crown, vice president of Microsoft Corporation, told the UN Security Council that for the internet industry, the challenge of terrorist propaganda and communication is daunting.
"If there were an elegant solution, industry would have adopted it," said Crown at a Security Council debate on counter-terrorism. "But there is no single answer; there is no silver bullet that will stop terrorist use of the internet."
According to statistics provided by Crown, within 15 minutes of the Paris attacks last year, there were 7,500 tweets; within two weeks, there were 1 million views of videos on the internet praising the attacks.
In a presidential statement adopted in the United Nations, the Security Council noted the urgent need to understand how these groups, such as ISIS and Al Qaeda, recruit others and to develop a counter narrative campaign to amplify active denouncers of these groups.
At the meeting, UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson also called for more of study and research on how violent extremists are using the internet and social media.
Steven Crown, vice president of Microsoft Corporation, told the UN Security Council that for the internet industry, the challenge of terrorist propaganda and communication is daunting.
"If there were an elegant solution, industry would have adopted it," said Crown at a Security Council debate on counter-terrorism. "But there is no single answer; there is no silver bullet that will stop terrorist use of the internet."
According to statistics provided by Crown, within 15 minutes of the Paris attacks last year, there were 7,500 tweets; within two weeks, there were 1 million views of videos on the internet praising the attacks.
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In a presidential statement adopted in the United Nations, the Security Council noted the urgent need to understand how these groups, such as ISIS and Al Qaeda, recruit others and to develop a counter narrative campaign to amplify active denouncers of these groups.
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At the meeting, UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson also called for more of study and research on how violent extremists are using the internet and social media.
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