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Twitter Steps Up Counterterrorism Efforts
2016-08-24 19:02:57| TechNewsWorld
Twitter last week announced it had suspended 235,000 accounts since February for promoting terrorism, bringing to 360,000 the total number of suspensions since mid-2015. Daily suspensions have increased more than 80 percent since last year, spiking immediately after terrorist attacks. Twitter's response time for suspending reported accounts has decreased dramatically.
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MTA hiring 46 officers in state's counterterrorism effort, says Cuomo
2015-11-24 17:26:20| Railroads - Topix.net
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to spend about $3 million to hire nearly four dozen police officers as part of the state's counterterrorism efforts at Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal and on the region's rail systems, including the LIRR, the governor announced Monday. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to spend about $3 million to hire nearly four dozen police officers as part of the state's counterterrorism efforts at Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal and on the region's rail systems, including the LIRR, the governor announced Monday.
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France's elite counterterrorism forces prepare for the worst
2015-01-13 11:18:33| Food - Topix.net
The raids to free a hostage being held in a printing house northeast of Paris by two brothers and 19 other hostages at a kosher market were led by France's elite force Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale . When three militants took hostages at two locations in and around Paris last week, the French government deployed its special counterterrorism units, elite forces that have had much experience in a country with a history of militant attacks.
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Meet France's Elite Revolver-Toting Counter-Terrorism Units
2015-01-12 22:44:48| Food - Topix.net
France's elite counter-terrorism teams are some of the finest in the world and have proven their abilities and bravery over decades of dangerous operations. Most notable of these teams is the legendary Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale which, along with its French National Police counterparts, saw action this week during the tragic terror events around Paris.
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Australia sets up counter-terrorism units at two major international airports
2014-08-28 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The Australian Government has set up two counter-terrorism units at Sydney and Melbourne Airports, following concerns over national citizens fighting in Iraq and Syria.
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