A New York Times analysis of more than 3.2 million Telegram messages from 16,000 channels found that the messaging platform has been “inundated” with illegal and extremist activity. Specifically, The Times found 1,500 channels operated by white supremacists, two dozen channels selling weapons, and at least 22 channels where MDMA, cocaine, heroin and other drugs were […]
Google’s Jigsaw open sources Altitude to help online platforms weed out extremist content
Google’s incubator subsidiary Jigsaw has open sourced a counterterrorism tool designed to help smaller companies address extremist content shared through their online platforms. While most of the big tech companies, including Meta, X and Google itself, are well-versed in moderating content to weed out illegal or toxic content, the resources required to do this are […]