Schlagwort: Extremism
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German government coins extremist police narrative of a „thin blue line“
US police officers disparage black movements since the 1960s with a „thin blue line“. The symbolism has also found its way to Germany. The Ministry of Finance is now putting it on a collector’s coin. Is it intentional or is the Ministry of Finance simply unaware of the controversy surrounding extremist narratives in the police? […]
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Anti-terrorism at walking pace: Little European Union action against right-wing extremists
Only after the attack in Christchurch did the EU Commission and the Council take violent right-wing extremism and terrorism more seriously. However, no progress has been made in the cross-border fight against the phenomenon. Some Member States are putting the brakes on political decisions and consider terrorist attacks only as „extremism“. On 15 March 2019, […]
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First child pornography, now extremism: Internet providers and police investigation authorities to use Microsoft upload filters
Material uploaded onto the Web could soon be scanned for extremist or radicalising content with an upload filter produced by Microsoft. The filter would be installed in the systems of Internet service providers (ISPs), but the necessary databases could be held by the police authorities. Two weeks ago in Washington, the international Counter Extremism Project […]