Shedding Light On Terrorist And Extremist Content Removal

Social media and tech companies face the challenge of identifying and removing terrorist and extremist content from their platforms. This paper presents the findings of a series of interviews with Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) partner companies and law enforcement Internet Referral Units (IRUs). It offers a unique view on current practices and challenges regarding content removal, focusing particularly on human-based and automated approaches and the integration of the two.

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Tags: Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU), Extremism, GIFCT, Social Media, terrorism