UNM project tackles online extremism

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A lot of us are on social media. It’s how we stay in touch with family and friends. But there’s also a bad side to the instant technology. Violent extremists use social media as a tool, too. UNM students are launching a campaign to combat this new, dangerous online onslaught in a special campaign sponsored by the U.S. State Department.
From recruitment to radicalizing, terrorists have taken to Twitter and other social media platforms.
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