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Radio 4,1 min
Are social media sites the ‘command and control’ networks for terrorists?
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In November, the new director of GCHQ launched a blistering attack on technology firms for allowing themselves to be what he called “the command and control centresâ€� for terrorist groups. So are the companies doing enough? And is it their responsibility anyway? Âé¶¹Éç Security Correspondent Gordon Corera talks to Victoria Grand, director of Public Policy for Google, which owns YouTube (Image: Militants with the Islamic State group are seen after placing their group's flag on a hilltop at the eastern side of the town of Kobane. Credit: Associated Press)
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