Why it’s so hard to fight extremist propaganda online
Clip: 9/7/2016 | 8m 44s
Miles O’Brien looks at strategies for combating terrorism -- off the battlefield.
How do you deter people from being seduced by messages of extremism on social media? Science correspondent Miles O’Brien looks at some of the strategies, including videos that provide a counter-narrative to the Islamic State and a computer program that uses digital signatures to track the movement of images on the internet.
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Why it’s so hard to fight extremist propaganda online
Clip: 9/7/2016 | 8m 44s
How do you deter people from being seduced by messages of extremism on social media? Science correspondent Miles O’Brien looks at some of the strategies, including videos that provide a counter-narrative to the Islamic State and a computer program that uses digital signatures to track the movement of images on the internet.
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