Terrorism

ISIS-Inspired New Orleans Attack Kills 14 People on New Year's Day

2025-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 5/10

ISIS-inspired attacker killed 14 people in New Orleans on New Year’s Day 2025, marking deadly start to year of escalating political violence. Attack came after temporary decrease in extremist murders in 2024 (13 deaths, lowest since 2000), suggesting respite was temporary. Between 2014-2023, …

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YouTube Serves Ads on Terror, Hate, Child Exploitation Content; Massive Boycott

2017-03-20 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

On March 17-20, 2017, a Times of London investigation exposed that major brands’ advertisements were appearing on YouTube videos supporting terrorism, promoting hate speech, and featuring extremist content—triggering the largest advertiser boycott in digital platform history and exposing …

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FBI Works with Cellebrite to Crack San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone After Apple Refuses

2016-03-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The FBI engages Israeli mobile forensics company Cellebrite to crack the iPhone 5C used by San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, after Apple refuses to create software to bypass the device’s security features. Following the December 2015 terrorist attack that killed 14 people, the FBI …

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