From News 24:
El Escorial - Western governments are increasingly unwilling to close or filter extremist websites, viewing them instead as an intelligence "gold mine" on terrorist activities, experts say.
"Almost all Western governments are thinking along the same lines - that it's better to monitor these (sites) than to try to censor everything on the internet," said Dr Peter Neumann, director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR).
He spoke to AFP on the sidelines of the two-day conference on terrorism and cyber security which concludes on Friday in El Escorial, outside Madrid, under the auspices of the Council of Europe human rights body and the Organisation of American States.
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My Comment: These websites have been incredibly effective as a marketing/recruiting tool for new members in the Jihadist movement. I say shut them down .... why make it easy for them to spread their propaganda.
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