The Spectator, in association with Sky, brought together the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, David Anderson QC, the former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Michael Beckerman of the Internet Association, which represents the internet giants, and Andrew Griffith of Sky for a panel event at Conservative party conference. This is a summary of the discussion which took place.
How do you tackle the Isis propaganda machine as it pumps out 2000 items a week? Notionally, the power lies with the West to stop the ceaseless incitement to violence. The internet and social media are, after all, largely under the control of large corporations. Yet the internet is also a powerful tool of freedom with which few democratic governments want to meddle without good reason. So what, practically and morally, should governments do to protect the public from terror and criminality without rendering the internet as we know it useless.
Britain’s initiative has been the Global Forum for Counter Terrorism, which held its first meeting in August. That
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