Jay Clemens
Microsoft has outlined the steps the company plans to take with the use of digital technology and the Internet in an effort to help counter terrorist activities online.
The company said Friday it seeks to tackle terrorism-related content posted on its web services while it maintains the users’ rights to privacy, freedom of expression and the right to access information.
Microsoft added that there are two approaches it wants to implement in responding to terrorism online: address content and forge partnerships.
The software company will revise its terms of use in order to ban hate speech and the promotion of violence against others on Microsoft-hosted consumer services.
Microsoft also seeks to define terrorist content in accordance with the Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List and take down terrorism-related content from its services such as the Bing search engine, as demanded by local regulators.
The company added it wants to forge partnerships with nongovernmental organizations to help provide alternative narratives for search queries for terrorist content.
