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[Link] ‘Death weapons’ : Inside a teenage terrorist network

Read: 4/8/2022 www.politico.eu

When Lukas F. walks onto the site of an abandoned army barracks in the summer of 2021 as part of his training to be a terrorist, he is 16 years old, a slender boy with dark hair. The site is about 45 minutes from the center of Potsdam, a city just southwest of Berlin, Germany.

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[Link] Neo-Nazis Are Using the Waukesha Attack for Propaganda

Read: 23/11/2021 www.vice.com

Only a day after a man drove his SUV into a Christmas parade in a suburb of Milwaukee, killing five people and injuring 48, right-wing extremists are using the incident as propaganda, spinning it as a calculated terrorist attack perpetrated by a left-wing radical.

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[Link] Reclusive Taliban supreme leader makes rare public appearance

Read: 1/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, made a rare public appearance in the southern city of Kandahar, Taliban officials announced on Sunday, contradicting widespread rumours of his death.

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[Link] ‘Hard Not To Respect That’: Why White Nationalists Are Toasting the Taliban

Read: 21/10/2021 www.vice.com

When the Taliban captured Kabul in August, sealing a remarkable victory in its nearly 20-year war of attrition against the world's leading superpower, jihadist networks around the world erupted in jubilation.

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[Link] YouTube says it bans accounts believed to be owned by the Taliban

Read: 26/8/2021 www.reuters.com

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) YouTube said on Tuesday it bans accounts believed to be owned and operated by the Taliban, as U.S. social media companies scrambled to publicly clarify their rules on the group that is in control of Afghanistan. After U.S.

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[Link] Twitter Refuses to Ban Taliban Accounts, Vows to Remain ‘Vigilant’ Moderating Content

Read: 26/8/2021 www.yahoo.com

Twitter will allow Taliban-affiliated accounts to continue using its platform despite its policies against glorification of violence and threats.

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[Link] WhatsApp Can’t Ban the Taliban Because It Can’t Read Their Texts

Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com

The Taliban have effectively taken control of Afghanistan, entering the capital Kabul as U.S. diplomats and allies flee the country.

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[Link] Nazis and incels are using Gotye and MGMT to evade TikTok's auto-moderators, report finds

Read: 25/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

While it's hardly surprising fringe groups have used social media platforms to post hateful material, experts say TikTok has birthed creative ways to distribute the content and avoid auto-takedowns.

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[Link] One of the World's Most Wanted Terrorists is Strolling Freely Through Kabul

Read: 23/8/2021 www.vice.com

One of the United States’ most wanted terrorists and a senior member of a group with strong ties to al-Qaida appeared in the Afghan capital of Kabul late last week.

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