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The Technology 202: Big Tech under pressure to limit spread of 8chan and other extremist content
A memorial in Dayton, Ohio (Photo by Megan JELINGER / AFP)MEGAN JELINGER/AFP/Getty Images) Ctrl + N Social media companies are facing greater pressure to limit the spread of content from 8chan and other sites known to foster violent extremism, after this weekend’s shooting in El Paso became the third this year to apparently begin with the …
Somali forces end extremist siege of hotel where Americans, other foreigners died
An all-night siege by extremist militants at a Somali hotel in the southern port city of Kismayo ended Saturday, but not before 26 people – including two Americans – were killed, officials said. Three Kenyans, three Tanzanians, one Briton, and a prominent Canadian Somali journalist were also killed when at least four al-Shabab assailants attacked the …
