Cyberspace allows for the quick and relatively low-cost dissemination of audio-visual material to all corners of the globe, a capability which violent extremists have been taking full advantage of.
The use by violent extremists of the internet and video formats disseminated on it is a well-known and increasingly disturbing phenomenon. The paper advises governments to distinguish sharply between strategies intended to suppress web-based aspects of direct terrorist actions or operations and those used to counter generalized extremist calls to violence.
Media Coverage:
Feb-22-2008: IHA article (Turkish)
