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Inside Two Years of Turmoil at Big Tech's Anti-Terrorism Group
X has left the board of GIFCT, an anti-terrorism organization through which tech companies exchange information to keep violent content off the web. It's the latest in a series of episodes driving tension within the ranks.
More recently, despite having the authority to do so, Meta, Microsoft, and YouTube declined to expel Twitter (now X) from the board even as the platform’s relaxed content moderation practices under Elon Musk threatened reputational harm to the GIFCT and other member companies more broadly. The public copy of GIFCT’s “tech solutions” code of conduct is largely redacted for “operational security,” but it does state that a company can be banned for “sustained inappropriate behavior.” By the consortium’s own telling, “membership should be recognized and appreciated as a strong indication of good stewardship for the internet and its users.” X reported this month that it suspended over 57,000 accounts in the first half of this year for violating its violent and hateful entities policy. They have urged greater emphasis on tools to suppress white supremacy and far-right gangs; increased attention on studying violence in Africa(where the sub-Saharan region is regarded as the new “epicenter” of terrorism) and in Asia; and a reset from what they view as a disproportionate focus on stemming Islamist extremism.
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