Home Secretary calls for new powers to counter spread of extremist material on social media
By John Glenday
Home Secretary Theresa May has used a platform at a US terrorism conference convened by Barack Obama to call for enhanced powers to combat the spread of a ‘warped narrative’ of terrorism on social media sites.
The international gathering comes in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris in which a dozen people were slain in cold blood by Islamist extremists and, more recently, the killing of two people in Denmark by another terrorist.
Pointing the finger at social media channels and their ability to disseminate information to a wide group of people May said: “Terrorists and extremists use a Read full story ›
Source: The Drum




