Microsoft has a plan for coping with the act of terrorism on-line.

Microsoft has a plan for coping with the act of terrorism on-line.

In a 1,100-plus word blog post, Microsoft outlined policies for removing "terrorist content" on-line, which it's shaping as something that supports organizations on the U.N. Security Council Sanctions List.
The company changed its terms of use "to specifically require the posting of terrorist content on [their] hosted client services," such as OneNote, a cloud-based document program.
"When terrorist content on our hosted consumer services is brought to our attention via our on-line coverage tool, we can take away it," Microsoft wrote in its post-Friday.
The company also same it'll facilitate fund technology to spot and curb the distribution of terrorist material, and work to educate adolescents about information and hate speech.
"The events of the past few months are a robust reminder that the net may be used for the worst reasons thinkable," Microsoft said.

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Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) is entering this speech communication months later than companies like Twitter and Facebook. But the company says it plays a unique role.
"Although Microsoft does not run any of the leading social networks or video-sharing sites, from time to time, terrorist content may be announced to or shared on our Microsoft-hosted client services. In light of this, we need to be clear regarding our approach to combating terrorist content," it said.
Late last year, Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) changed its policy on violent posts to embrace a lot of specific rules regarding once it will pack up accounts. While Twitter did not specifically cite the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, the statement came amid growing outrage that terrorists use social media to recruit new members.
Twitter announced in February that it has packed up over one hundred twenty-five,000 accounts since the middle of last year.
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Facebook (FB, Tech30) has also been sharply going once terrorist accounts -- therefore a lot of in order that CEO Mark Zuckerberg was vulnerable by a bunch of ISIS supporters earlier this year.
In a 25-minute video, a group that calls itself the Sons Caliphate Army showed footage of Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey engulfed in flames.

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