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UK To Train Pro-West Islamic Groups To Game Google
Hugh Pickens writes "The British government's Office of Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT), a 200-strong Home Office unit created 18 months ago, has said in meetings it wants to 'flood the internet' with 'positive' interpretations of Islam and plans to train government-approved groups in search engine optimization techniques, which it is hoped will boost their profile online and battle radicalization. A Home Office spokesman confirmed search engine optimization training is part of the government's anti-radicalization strategy. 'In order to support mainstream voices, we work with local partners to help develop their communication, representational and leadership skills. This support could include media training, which can help make their voices heard more widely, and support the development of skills which allow communities to be more effective in debate.' However the effectiveness of search engine optimization in reducing traffic to extremist websites has been dismissed by academics. A report produced by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) said young Muslims were much more likely to be directed to extremist material online by web forums and offline associates than by Google or other search engines. 'Tweaking the results for supposedly extremist terms would be largely ineffectual, not least because it is unlikely that any but the most callow wannabe terrorist would use a mainstream search engine to find banned material.'"
Please note that the British government also consists of people, thus at least at times makes beating people up or killing them good sense.
Ezekiel 23:20
Dear liberals,
you are as stupid as you are annoying,
if people didn't have a god to kill for,
they would invent one,
like that stupid mother earth ]
or bag of crystals you have been worshiping
having some stupid thing that
if everyone was exactly the same
they wouldn't fight
just stupid
you people are stupid
ps. paul was better than john, anyway.
This is my sig.
Dubious, dubious statistics. Firstly, atheists are a minority at the current time, world wide so even if the percentage of atheists that were "militant" were the same as amongst muslims, you'd still be able to point out that there were more of the religious type. It's a non-scientific argument. Secondly you have to control for other factors. How well does atheism correlate with rich populations enjoying periods of peace compared to poor populations under non-democratic rule and / or recent or ongoing periods of conflict? How are these correlations for Islam?
Regarding the percentage of muslims that "support, rationalize, and defend their [terrorists] behavior", I'm going to have to ask for both citations and tight definitions of terrorism. The US government calls every act of violence against US troops in Iraq an act by "terrorist" forces. Do many Iraqi's support driving the invading US troops out of Iraq? Yes. Did those same people support the attack on the World Trade Centre by a group that had nothing to do with them? Predominantly not, I would make an educated guess at. So you really need to define what you're talking about when you say terrorism, because the USA and UK governments have used the word in all sorts of inventive ways over the last eight years.
Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera - Jeanne D'Arc.
Yes, and then we get to the real mass murderers: atheists (look up Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, etc.).
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. James Madison
*sigh*
It's obvious the parent was modded a troll because FACTS are disturbing!!! Everyone needs to understand is that genuine evil permeates all of humanity regardless of your beliefs or lack there of.
Human beings are animals. Some are simply more civilized than others depending on whome you associate yourself with. Deal with it.
Life is not for the lazy.