... technologies should be used by counterterrorism departments to effectively combat the spread of radical propaganda and cyber terrorism? If you don’t mind me asking, what kind of software and methods do you apply in this field? Philip Ingram: Terrorists ... ... promote their activities. The main channel used by Islamist extremists and in particular those Islamic State focused ones, is the Telegram platform, as it provides very high-grade end-to-end encryption. They maintain backup communication network on other platforms ...
... opinion, the expert mentioned that the messaging service had been purchased by the Israeli Company
Facebook
(
WhatsApp
was bought
by Mark Zuckerberg in 2014 for $19 billion, the messenger has 1 billion users worldwide).
In the light of complaints about
Telegram
and
WhatsApp
and as laws are tightened, terrorists have become preoccupied with the creation of their own application. In January 2016, the
Ghost
Group
, which specializes in the fight against terrorism, uncovered online an instant messaging service created by militants,
Alrawi
. This Android application cannot be downloaded on Google Play – it is only available on the Dark Web.
Alrawi
has come to take the place
of
Amaq
— a messaging ...