Radical Extremists Operate ‘With Impunity’ Online, New Laws Needed, UK Watchdog Says

Radical Extremists Operate ‘With Impunity’ Online, New Laws Needed, UK Watchdog Says
Counterterrorism special forces are seen at London Bridge in London, on June 3, 2017. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Mary Clark
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Extremists can pro-actively glorify terror, openly promulgate anti-democratic ideologies, and radicalize others online—yet still stay within the law, a UK watchdog warned on Wednesday.

There’s a “gaping chasm in the law” that allows such extremist activity, the Commission for Countering Extremism said in a review scrutinizing existing legislation.