Balance between curtailing terrorist influence online and freedom of speech addressed at UN Counter-Terrorism Committee
The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee, which held a special meeting in New York, addressed the influence of terrorists online. According to Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, terrorists’ use of the Internet ‘brings us to the fine line between benevolent and malevolent: freedoms and human rights apply to everyone anywhere, but only as long as they do not call into question the enjoyment of these freedoms and human rights by others’. See this UN News Centre article for more information.
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