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United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee holds special meeting on preventing exploitation of the Internet and social media for terrorist purposes

Security Council counter terrorism committee meeting in New York on December 1st,  2016,H.E. Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, said in his closing statement “We must work together to promote dialogue among all stakeholders in order to find effective ways to prevent the exploitation of information and communication technologies for terrorist purposes,” . Ambassador Aboulatta is Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the Security Council. The CTED and participants from different sectors: Members States ,international and regional organizations ,private ,academic were discussing the challenges and outcomes of such substantial threat .”There is an estimation of over 36,000 suspended accounts for practicing terrorist actions”since mid-2015.Maryam Mujica, Public Policy Team Manager said.

 

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