Terrorism and internet- message boards

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welsh

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The question here is what should be done-

Should government's monitor message boards or should they shut them down? Does this violate free speech or is it conspiracy in crime?

Last week, a note on an online message board touched off a flurry of international speculation. It said that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, lay near death after suffering a serious injury.

Subsequent postings only deepened the confusion; one said Zarqawi had left Iraq, yet another said that a deputy had been appointed in his place. The speculation only ended when Zarqawi himself posted an audio clip to prove he was still alive.

These message boards do a lot more than send out press releases. They tell terrorists how to build bombs, and which targets to attack. U.S. authorities are faced with a choice: They can try to take these sites out of commission, or they can exploit them to collect valuable intelligence.
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The show is an hour long, but for those of you interested in message boards and how they might be used, or abused, for terrorists, it might be worth a listen.

Terrorist on the Internet

The show makes reference to this site that does research on terrorism and the internet-
The Search for International Terrorist Entities

also Internet Haganah
 
I'd say that about 99% of message boards have absolutely nothing to do with bombs, or terrorism.

This is ridiculous.

And since when was misinformation on the Web big news?
 
No, that's not the issue. I don't think anyone is even making that argument.

The question has to do more about those forums that are being used as terrorist sites- a means for terrorist groups to communicate with each other and the rest of the world. THese are not even some of the islamic message boards where there is a lot of anti-american or anti-western discussion. Rather, this relates to private forums which terrorists use to communicate with each other.

It's a long show but it might be worth listening too.
 
You can be sure, whatever the Yankistanies say they will do, they will do the opposite. Or both.

I think it's worth monitoring in the same way they monitor emails. If you want to waste US government time and money, type "Bush Bomb napalm atomic whitehouse 9/11 attack jihad 9th may islam" at the end of your emails, and they will be checked. How fun. However, if all of these show up in a forum frequently, the chances are something might be gleaned from the monitorin, be it only an IP address to go get a government hostage and coax information out of him.
 
Terrorists on message boards, eh?

Wikipedia said:
The Order is a largely-defunct terrorist organization active in the 1980s. FBI agent Wayne Mantis called The Order "the most organized group of terrorist-type people to have ever operated in the United States."
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As for terrorists using Message boards to communicate with each other - surely they would use something more secure. And also, if the forum was based in another country, would the US be able to do anything about it?
 
It doesn't matter what we argue, they're going to monitor message boards anyways. How couldn't they?
 
Trying to shut down all message boards and related forums would be just plain stupid. It would be an infringement of free speech and would have a lot of voters very unhappy. You might as well try to stop newspapers from allowing wanted and for-sale ads because they can just as easily transmit information in code. A message board is an insecure and really stupid way to transmit your plans of world domination. - Colt
 
WarMonger said:
the owl honks at 3PM
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An owl hoots not honks...oh wait I get it.

I mean...Ian will shoot me in the back on the way to shady sands...
:lol:

Seriously though they cant shut-down forums. First of all it'd be completely impossible with how easy they are to access and create and it would also be an infringement on the first amendment.

Besides all they can do is use search engines to look for keywords and since terrorists are obviously smart enough to make up symbols and code-name's it wont work.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller
 
OMG!

This Forum is a front for global Terrorism!

So who all's Al-Qaida here?

Anyway, on one hand, I wouldn't mind the government monitoring the boards, since those people that aren't doing anything wrong should be worried. It's usually the people who are doing something wrong that notice where the cops are at or notice the cops at all, really.

On the other hand, it is a waste of resources. There's hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions, of messageboards on the internet. It would take so much manpowers and resources to scan all of these. Plus, if it was setup, smaller low-key messageboards would be overlooked, which is probably the format the terrorists would be using.
 
Messageboards are places of evil, where Satan's minions reign and practice their vile arts. This Internet thing is dangerous. It needs to be shut down if mankind is ever to redeem itself.
 
Ratty said:
Messageboards are places of evil, where Satan's minions reign and practice their vile arts. This Internet thing is dangerous. It needs to be shut down if mankind is ever to redeem itself.
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And Americans are scared about TERRORISTS attacking those internet cable nodes. Funny.
 
Ratty said:
Messageboards are places of evil, where Satan's minions reign and practice their vile arts. This Internet thing is dangerous. It needs to be shut down if mankind is ever to redeem itself.
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Yes! Sine WWW could (somehow :eyebrow: ) be seen as VI VI VI - 666! Teh mark of the beast!

Wait, didn't someone say it was actually 616?

No.
 
PhoenixRising said:
Anyway, on one hand, I wouldn't mind the government monitoring the boards, since those people that aren't doing anything wrong should be worried. It's usually the people who are doing something wrong that notice where the cops are at or notice the cops at all, really.
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You're sort of forgetting the concept of "Innocent until proven guilty." Your saying that's it's perfectly fine for them to assume some of us are going to be criminals and so watch ALL of us. I'm sorry but that's just wrong and sets a precedent of assuming people are being criminal about other things. - Colt
 
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