Teenager who became radicalised online during Covid pandemic jailed for planning terror attack Isis supporter Matthew King carried out ‘hostile reconnaissance’ on police and soliders in London The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2023
Teenagers from Islamic State families undergo rehabilitation in Syria, but future still uncertain Kurdish officials in northeast Syria have expanded a program to rehabilitate boys from the families of Islamic State group militants The Independent UK · May 30, 2023
Italy announces arrest of minor belonging to international network of young ISIS supporters Italian authorities say police have arrested a minor suspected of being a supporter of the ISIS terror network who was allegedly planning an explosive attack in the area where he lived The Independent UK · May 30, 2023
Libya sentences 23 Isis fighters to death ‘As lawyers for the victims’ families, we see the verdict of the court as very satisfying and very just’ The Independent UK · May 30, 2023
Libya court sentences 23 to death for Islamic State campaign A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015. Reuters · May 29, 2023
Libya court sentences 23 to death for ISIL campaign Appeals court sentences 14 others to life in prison for campaign including the beheading of Egyptian Christians in 2015. Al Jazeera · May 29, 2023
NIA busts ISIS-linked terror module in Madhya Pradesh; 3 arrested NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has busted an ISIS-linked terror module with the arrest of three people during overnight raids in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Saturday. The Times of India · May 27, 2023
Ex grammar school boy became ISIS sniper after fleeing to Syria from family holiday Shabazz Suleman, 27, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, disappeared at the end of the 2014 trip before emailing his parents saying “I'm not brainwashed or anything" Daily Mirror · May 27, 2023
RAF Typhoons blitz ISIS terrorists with SEVEN 500lb bombs in Iraq raid The fearsome 1,500mph ground attack aircraft carried out the mission as part of Operation Shader, the ongoing battle against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria Daily Mirror · May 25, 2023
Movie review: Gerard Butler expands his set of skills in spy thriller 'Kandahar' Our macho action movie auteurs are starting to reckon with the tragic situation in Afghanistan, which has fallen to the Taliban after the withdrawal of the United States in 2021. On the heels of “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant” comes Ric Roman Waugh’s “Kandahar” starring Gerard Butler, a brutal actioner set… Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023
The Republican Primary Consensus for Sending the Military Into Mexico Presidential contender Tim Scott, who announced recently, says he will use "the world's greatest military to fight these terrorists" south of the border. He's not alone. Reason · May 24, 2023
Interviewing Paul Stephan on "The World Crisis and International Law" Episode 458 of the Cyberlaw Podcast Reason · May 23, 2023
Supreme Court Won’t Kneecap Section 230 Says no liability case had been made Multichannel News · May 18, 2023
The "Just Like Everyone Else" Test: Providing Off-the-Shelf Services Isn't Tortious Aiding & Abetting Today's Twitter v. Taamneh, Inc. involved (to oversimplify slightly) a lawsuit against Twitter based on Twitter's alleged role in helping ISIS by providing it publishing services, and by algorithmically recommending some of ISIS's videos. The lawsuit was brought under the federal Antiterrorism Act, but the Act applied fairly traditional aiding-and-abetting… Reason · May 18, 2023
Al Jazeera · May 18, 2023 US Supreme Court shoots down cases on social media liability Two court decisions represent a victory for internet companies facing scrutiny over user content on their platforms.
WEKU · May 18, 2023 Supreme Court unanimously sides with Twitter in ISIS attack case The case was brought by plaintiffs who said the social media company aided and abetted terrorism. Based on its opinion, the Supreme Court sent a related case involving Google back to the lower courts.
Roll Call · May 18, 2023 Supreme Court sides with social media giants on liability laws - Roll Call The Supreme Court left untouched an internet immunity law known as Section 230 and sided with social media companies in decisions Thursday.
Al Jazeera · May 17, 2023 Man who killed eight in New York bike path attack sentenced Sayfullo Saipov was given eight consecutive life sentences in the US as part of his punishment for a deadly 2017 attack.
The Independent UK · May 17, 2023 Women and girls related to suspected Isis affiliate members ‘abused and arbitrarily detained’ in Egypt ‘Women and girls who reached out for help were instead punished with arbitrary detention and torture,’ human rights group alleges
The Hindu · May 14, 2023 Explained | ‘The Kerala Story’: Can a work of fiction or art constitute ‘hate speech’? The Kerala Story teaser led to widespread outrage because of its exaggerated claim that 32,000 girls went have gone missing in Kerala after being recruited by the radical Islamist group
Evening Standard · May 12, 2023 Essex teenager planned murder of soldiers or police in Snapchat terror plot The teenager posted an image of four police officers outside a courthouse to Snapchat with the chilling caption: ‘Target Acquired’
The Conversation · May 12, 2023 Wagner Group: what it would mean for the UK to designate Putin's private army a 'terrorist organisation' The UK is reportedly planning to officially designate the Russian mercenary firm Wagner Group as a terrorist organisation. This would put Wagner on a list with 78 other groups, including ISIS, al Qaeda and newer white supremacist organisations.
The Independent UK · May 10, 2023 Prosecutors reveal link between terror defendant in Virginia and Islamic State 'empress' from Kansas Prosecutors say a northern Virginia man arrested last week on terrorism charges has a husband-wife relationship with another American who was dubbed by prosecutors as an “empress of ISIS” for her work to establish an all-female Islamic State battalion
The Hindu · May 9, 2023 West Bengal’s ban on The Kerala Story an ‘attack on freedom of expression’, says filmmaker Ashoke Pandit Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit on May 9 condemned the ban of ‘The Kerala Story’ movie by the West Bengal Government and called it a “big attack” on the freedom of expression.
Dynamite News · May 8, 2023 West Bengal becomes first state to ban 'The Kerala Story', makers to seek legal options The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal banned the film 'The Kerala Story' citing "maintenance of peace" and to avoid incidents of "hatred and violence" in the state. Read further on Dynamite News: