BRICS SEMINAR ON MISUSE OF INTERNET BY TERRORISTS

BRICS SEMINAR ON MISUSE OF INTERNET BY TERRORISTS

(GS PAPER- 2, INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION

SOURCE- Livemint)

Context:

Recently the National Investigation Agency organized a two-day virtual event with BRICS countries and the theme is “Misuse of Internet by terrorists”. India has hosted the seminar as it is holding the BRICS chair for the year 2021.

Key points:

The topic of the seminar was held on emerging technologies and artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and virtual assets dark web and anonymizers, exploitation of social media as an arsenal, equipping law enforcement agencies.

What is Internet Radicalisation

  • The use of the internet by terrorists for terror financing and for radicalization is generally known as Internet radicalization. 
  • Radicalization is related to Change. 
  • Terrorists are using the internet to spread use of violence against a religious, political or ideological cause. 
  • It can contain images, videos, speeches that encourage violence or hatred. 

-Khyati Khare

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