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| Judge attacks 'tide' of online extremism as he jails terror group |
| 2013-06-10 |
| A judge criticised the “tide of extremist material” freely available on the internet as he jailed a gang of Islamic fanatics who planned to bomb the English Defence League. Nicholas Hilliard QC said such radicalising material was not difficult to find or share, which was an issue of “continuing significance”. He said its presence was partly to blame for the terrorist plot to attack an EDL rally with homemade bombs, guns and knives. In the wake of the unconnected Woolwich atrocity, which saw British soldier Lee Rigby allegedly murdered by apparent Islamic extremists, internet companies and providers have been under increasing pressure to do more to curb extremist videos and material online. Sentencing the Birmingham-based gang for up to 19 and a half years at the Old Bailey, Judge Hilliard said: “How was it that you became involved in a crime of this gravity? “At least part of the answer to that question must come in the tide of apparently freely available extremist material in which most of you had immersed yourselves. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 Between them, the six men had up to 18,000 separate pieces of Islamic ideological and extremist material on their computers and phones. Counting the individual words letters? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-06-10 23:49 |
| #2 a gang of Islamic fanatics who planned to bomb the English Defence League. Yeah, let's bomb 'em. That will teach the EDL to call Islam a violent ideology! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-06-10 14:52 |
| #1 And what inspires the "extremist" material? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-06-10 12:06 |