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Internet firms should help deal with the threat of terrorism or face terror tax , the security minis...
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Internet firms should help deal with the threat of terrorism or face terror tax , the security minister has said. Ben Wallace said such profiteers as Facebook and Google were failing to play their part, forcing the government to spend hundreds of millions to police internet extremism. The minister added, “If they continue to be less than co-operative, we should look at things like tax as a way compensating for their inaction. Because content is not taken down as quickly as they could do, we have to spend millions. WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, was turning the internet into a violent space.”
Mr Wallace did not give more details about a possible terror tax, but it would probably take the form of a windfall tax. The minister also accused internet companies of putting profit before public safety.
Simon Milner, Facebook’s UK policy director, said: “Mr Wallace is wrong to say that we put profit before safety, especially in the fight against terrorism. We’ve invested millions of pounds in people and technology to identify and remove terrorist content.” YouTube, which is owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said: “Violent extremism is a complex problem and addressing it is a critical challenge for us all. We are committed to being part of the solution and we are doing more every day to deal with these issues. “Over the course of 2017 we have made significant progress through investing in machine learning technology, recruiting more reviewers, building partnerships with experts and collaboration with other companies”.
Anthony Glees, an intelligence expert at Buckingham University, told The Times: “What the government is proposing makes excellent theoretical sense when it comes to making us more secure from the appalling things that are broadcast by the service providers.” He added: “But in practice it may not be enough, because we are dealing with Goliaths here and the United Kingdom is increasingly becoming a lone David.”
1.What do we know from Ben Wallace’s words?
A.The internet firms have been put on a terror tax.
B.The internet companies only concentrate on profit.
C.The profit of the Internet firms should be cut down.
D.The internet companies are not cooperative enough.
2.What did “they” in the first paragraph refer to?
A.internet firms B.internet extremism
C.violent spaces D.terror taxes
3.Anthony Glees thought the government’s behavior was ______.
A.unpractical B.positive
C.unexpected D.disapproving
4.What’s the best title of the passage?
A.Profit or Safety?
B.Policing Internet Extremism.
C.Internet Giants Threatened with Tax.
D.Demonstrating the Government’ Determination.
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