“Facebook, Twitter – command centers jihadists.” Among the companies … – Gazeta.pl

“Regardless of how much the companies may not like it, their networks become the command and control center of choice for terrorists and criminals” – rated Hannigan, who in late October became the director of GCHQ.

As he writes, “FT” radical Islamists last state in the internet more and more about the content of extremist materials, and methods for encrypting and hiding important messages become more advanced. This makes Western intelligence agencies have difficulty in monitoring such content.

American companies do not want to collaborate

Militants IS is proficient users of several social media platforms – from the most well-known as Twitter and YouTube, the more specialized, such as Polish JustPaste.it or VK, or the Russian equivalent of Facebook. Many trendy messaging services such as a free app for smartphones WhatsApp, has become “an integral part of the command structure IS” – writes “FT”. As he explains, anonymous military commanders are using WhatsApp and several other applications to instruct their fighters in the field.

According to representatives of the security forces of many Internet giants still provides information the US intelligence services, especially the National Security Agency (NSA). However, the collection of data by GCHQ has become “much more difficult” in the past 18 months, as the US technology companies are less willing to cooperate with foreign intelligence agencies – say representatives of the British government. Three of them said, “FT”, after the disclosure by Edward Snowden mass surveillance, companies such as Google and Facebook have limited the ability of British intelligence to use valuable electronic data.

The most mysterious of the agency

According to the “FT” in the last year, significantly changed the position of the British government – even six months ago, politicians rule out new rules that would force Internet companies to share GCHQ data, while today it is considering a number of deputies.

“The public criticism from the Hannig will be seen as a reflection of the concerns of the government” – writes “FT”. Stresses that GCHQ has long been recognized as the most mysterious of the three British intelligence agencies. As noted by the newspaper, the first head of GCHQ, who spoke publicly, was the predecessor Hannig, Iain Lobban. After the scandal Snowden testified he before Parliament.

Call Hannig to create better ways to provide information security authorities sparked concern about online businesses. Currently, authorities must get a court order if they want the company to give them access to user data. One senior representative of the American company said that any changes to circumvent the current procedures could be dangerous. – What would you have done if you provide information also requested a Saudi or Russian authorities? – He wondered.

The British newspaper reminds that Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Microsoft has consistently denied, allegedly gave intelligence services access to their systems. From the documents disclosed by Snowden suggested that services have access to the internal network of the largest US technology companies.

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"Facebook, Twitter – command centers jihadists." Among the companies … – Gazeta.pl