Opinion: Asking social media firms to remove extremist content more quickly will do little to fight terrorism

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Opinion: Asking social media firms to remove extremist content more quickly will do little to fight terrorism
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When larger platforms remove or suppress controversial views, often at the behest of governments, the people who espouse these views are often pushed on to smaller platforms

– some of which are specifically created to allow for the extreme discourse removed by big tech competitors.

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