Facebook microsoft twitter and youtube partner to help curb spread of online terrorist content

That's a great topic!

In 2016, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube (now owned by Google) partnered to form the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). The goal of this partnership is to share information and best practices to help curb the spread of online terrorist content.

Here are some key initiatives and achievements from this partnership:

  1. Sharing of hashes: The companies agreed to share digital fingerprints (hashes) of terrorist content with each other, allowing them to identify and remove similar content from their platforms.
  2. Collaborative reporting: The partners established a system for reporting and sharing information about terrorist content, enabling them to respond quickly to emerging threats.
  3. Content removal: The companies have removed millions of pieces of terrorist content from their platforms, including videos, images, and text.
  4. Counter-narrative campaigns: The partners have launched counter-narrative campaigns to promote alternative, positive messages and challenge terrorist ideologies.
  5. Research and development: The GIFCT has funded research into the spread of terrorist content online, including the development of new technologies and tools to detect and remove such content.
  6. Industry-wide standards: The partners have developed industry-wide standards for reporting and removing terrorist content, which have been adopted by other companies and organizations.

Some notable statistics from the GIFCT's efforts include:

While there is still more work to be done, the GIFCT's efforts have been recognized as a significant step forward in the fight against online terrorist content.