How can terrorists be stopped from exploiting the Internet and social media?
Special meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee and its Executive Directorate 16-17 December 2015
Webcast recordings of the event can be viewed here:
- Preventing Terrorists from Exploiting the Internet and Social Media (Part 1)
- Preventing Terrorists from Exploiting the Internet and Social Media (Part 2)
- Jeffrey Feltman (DPA) – Preventing Terrorists from Exploiting the Internet and Social Media
- Ivan Šimonović (OHCHR) – Preventing Terrorists from Exploiting the Internet and Social Media
- Preventing Terrorists from Exploiting the Internet and Social Media (Part 3)
- Preventing Terrorists from Exploiting the Internet and Social Media (Part 4)
- Jean-Paul Laborde (CTED) and Humera Khan (Muflehun) on Terrorism Online – Media Stakeout (17 December 2015)
Terrorist groups continue to utilize the Internet and social media to facilitate their activities, including incitement to commit terrorist acts, radicalization to violence, recruitment, training, planning, collection of information, communication, preparation, financing, and execution of attacks. Surpassing Al-Qaida, the terrorist organization that calls itself the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has successfully used the Internet to broadcast its ideology and to recruit foreign terrorist fighters on an unprecedented scale – with currently some 30,000 foreign fighters coming from over 100 countries.
On 17 December 2015, the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) will hold a special meeting on Preventing terrorists from exploiting the Internet and social media to recruit terrorists and incite terrorist acts, while respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms. This meeting will be complemented by CTED-organized thematic sessions (16-17 December), which will all take place in Conference room 1. The meeting will feature panellists from inter alia Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and Weibo, as well as the Chief Prosecutor of Paris, and civil society activists engaging with terrorist recruiters on the digital frontlines.
The briefing is open to Member and Observer States, United Nations entities, intergovernmental organizations, and specialized agencies. The event is also open to members of the media, including photographers, with a valid accreditation to the United Nations in New York.
Chair summary and plan of action