UN Anti-Terrorism Tech Group Adds Taliban to Watchlist

UN Anti-Terrorism Tech Group Adds Taliban to Watchlist
Taliban terrorists take control of Afghan presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2021. Zabi Karimi/AP Photo
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A United Nations anti-terrorism group will begin adding Taliban content to a database used by tech companies to moderate their platforms.

Tech Against Terrorism, a group launched by the United Nations Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED) that works with the tech industry to combat terrorist threats, announced Monday it would begin including official Taliban content in its Terrorist Content Analytics Platform (TCAP), a database of terrorist images, videos, and manifestos. The database is used by tech platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to aid in content moderation.