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Countering extremism inquiry

Inquiry

The Home Affairs Committee says that social media giants like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are "consciously failing" to combat the use of their sites to promote terrorism and killings, in its report published following an inquiry that has lasted 12 months, and included visits to Glasgow, Bradford and Europol. The Committee says these networks have become "the vehicle of choice in spreading propaganda and the recruiting platforms for terrorism".

Reports, special reports and government responses

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8th Report - Radicalisation: the counter-narrative and identifying the tipping point
Inquiry Countering extremism inquiry
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Oral evidence transcripts

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2 February 2016
Inquiry Countering extremism inquiry
Witnesses Dr Anthony House, Head of Public Policy Strategy, Google Europe, Middle East and Africa, Simon Milner, Policy Director for UK and Ireland, Middle East, Africa and Turkey, Facebook, and Nick Pickles, Head, UK Public Policy, Twitter; Ms Saleha Jaffer, Director of FAST (Families Against Stress and Trauma), and Raheel Mohammed, Director, Maslaha
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Oral Evidence
19 January 2016
Inquiry Countering extremism inquiry
Witnesses Konika Dhar; David Anderson QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation; Shami Chakrabarti CBE.
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Oral Evidence
24 November 2015
Inquiry Countering extremism inquiry
Witnesses Mark Rowley QPM, Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations in the Metropolitan Police; Rt Hon John Hayes MP, Minister for Security, and Charles Farr, Director General, Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Home Office
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Written evidence

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Professor David Miller and Dr Narzanin Massoumi (CEX0062)
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Professor James Nazroo and Dr Bridget Byrne (CEX0061)
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Chief Constable Simon Cole QPM, Leicestershire Police (CEX0060)
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