Tech giants to set up terrorist content database

Four of the world's biggest tech companies are collaborating to crack down on terrorist content on their platforms.

Facebook (FB, Tech30), Twitter (TWTR, Tech30), Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) and Google's (GOOG) YouTube say they will set up a shared database to help them track and remove "violent terrorist imagery or terrorist recruitment videos."

The database will contain the digital "fingerprints" of the images and videos, allowing the tech firms to identify potential terrorist content more...

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From: Pan Peter

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