http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/12/05/facebook-twitter-youtube-create-database-terrorist-images-fight/
- Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have created a joint database of terrorist images and videos after MPs accused them of "passing the buck" in the fight against online extremism
- said they would be able to identify propaganda more effectively by pooling their resources
- MPs warned that social media sites were unwilling to crack down on terrorism because they feared it would “damage their brands” and that they were becoming the “vehicle of choice” for extremists
- would create a database of “hashes” - a way of adding a digital fingerprint to photos and videos that allows them to be easily identified by social networks when posted by other users and on other websites
- Twitter said last week it had suspended 360,000 accounts since mid-2015 for violating rules on terrorism
This article focuses on the issue of social networking and how it becomes a platform for extremist views to be voiced and is used as a 'vehicle of choice.' The fact that 360,000 accounts have been suspended reveals the severity of the situation and how it is a rising issue but also one that is trying to be regulated. The fact that social networking sites are attempting to regulate the issue emphasises that it is being tended to but in a gradual process.
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