Radical Extremists Operate 'With Impunity' Online, New UK Laws Needed Says Watchdog
Radical Extremists Operate ‘With Impunity’ Online, New Laws Needed, UK Watchdog Says Extremists can pro-actively glorify terror, openly promulgate anti-democratic ideologies, and radicalize others online—yet still stay within the law, a UK watchdog warned on Wednesday. There’s a “gaping chasm in the law” that allows such extremist activity, the Commission for Countering Extremism said in a review scrutinizing existing legislation. It called for a new legal framework to tackle the radicalization threat. An extremist can’t be prosecuted for grooming others unless they are “encou...