Sep 18 Facebook still auto-generates Islamic State and al-Qaida pages By Desmond Butler, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press On Wednesday, U.S. senators on the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will be questioning representatives from social media companies. Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch 10:37 After failed census legal fight, how Trump plans to get citizenship information President Trump announced Thursday that he’s backing down from his legal fight to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Instead, he'll use an executive order to demand citizenship information from other government agencies. Yamiche Alcindor, Lisa Desjardins and… Continue watching
May 23 Watch 7:40 Release of ‘American Taliban’ raises questions about U.S. efforts to deradicalize John Walker Lindh, who became known as the "American Taliban," was released from federal prison Thursday, three years short of his 20-year sentence. President Trump criticized the release, saying Lindh was still an extremist. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to… Continue watching
May 15 Facebook limits livestreaming in effort to crack down on extremism By Sylvie Corbet, Masha Macpherson, Associated Press Facebook said it's tightening up the rules for its livestreaming service with a "one strike" policy applied to a broader range of offenses. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 3:29 As bombing death toll tops 300, grieving Sri Lanka looks for answers The death toll from Sri Lanka's Easter massacre has risen to 321, as the country observed a national day of mourning Tuesday. Although the Islamic State made an unconfirmed claim of responsibility for the bombings, officials in Colombo blamed a… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 2:16 As caliphate collapses, new ISIS threats emerge in Syria After nearly five years of fighting, a U.S.-led coalition has almost completely destroyed what's known as the territorial caliphate, the Islamic pseudo-state created in Iraq and Syria by ISIS--but that doesn’t mean the end of the terror group. Amna Nawaz… Continue watching
Dec 11 France shooting: 4 dead, several wounded in Strasbourg By Lori Hinnant, Elaine Ganley, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press French prosecutors said a terrorism investigation was opened, though authorities did not announce a motive for the bloodshed. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch 5:03 News Wrap: Taliban attacks kill dozens of police in Afghanistan In our news wrap Tuesday, a U.S.-led military strike in Somalia killed at least 60 members of al-Shabab, a militant organization seeking to establish an extremist Islamic state in the country. Also, in Afghanistan, officials say dozens of police officers… Continue watching
Nov 25 Extremists go Hollywood to recruit ‘heroes’ in their ranks By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press The Islamic State is targeting Western recruits with videos suggesting they, too, can be heroes like Bruce Willis' character in "Die Hard."… Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 3:45 Fatal NYC truck incident called an act of terror, here’s what it has in common with recent European attacks By PBS News Hour After a deadly truck attack killed eight in Manhattan on Tuesday, multiple news networks have identified the driver as Sayfullo Saipov of Tampa, Florida. John Yang speaks with Lorenzo Vidino of George Washington University about how the latest incident may… Continue watching