Amber Rudd urges online giants to use artificial intelligence to block extremist material being uploaded to internet – Telegraph.co.uk

Posted: August 1, 2017 at 6:18 pm

Amber Rudd is urging online giants to take preemptive action using artificial intelligence to stop extremist material from being uploaded to the internet.

The Home Secretary said companies needed to use technological advancements to block inappropriate content from being shared on the web in the first place as she advocated a shiftaway from ministers having to ask for material to be taken down.

Ms Rudd will challenge the likes of Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and Google to do more to tackle extremist content as she attends the inaugural meeting of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism in Silicon Valley on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Ms Rudd has urged online messaging services such as WhatsApp to stop using "unbreakable" encryption because of fears that it only benefits terrorists.

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