Tuesday, March 16, 2010

HOW SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS IMPACT DIGITAL TERRORISM AND HATE

WIESENTHAL CENTER RELEASES “FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE+: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS IMPACT DIGITAL TERRORISM AND HATE” –ANNUAL REPORT DETAILING HATE ON THE INTERNET

Facebook VP debates anti-hate activist over question of hate speech as free speech at event

Facebook, YouTube +: How Social Media Outlets Impact Digital Terrorism and Hate [cost involved]

......The CD-ROM report, released annually, is designed to assist law enforcement, public officials, educators, parents and the news media to better grasp the scope of hate. The report is used by the FBI, Homeland Security, military officials, hate crime units and joint terrorism taskforces in the U.S. as well as Canada and Europe (a PDF of the presentation which also includes a section about how Twitter is emerging as a new tool for extremists can be downloaded here.)....................