'Internet giants are not doing enough to combat terorrism' claims MI5 spy chief

Head of MI5 Andrew Parker has warned of the dangers
of terrorists using the internet to learn how to make
bombs.
The security chief said that “dark edges” of the
internet are giving an “advantage” to terrorists.
In his first major speech since a wave of four terror
attacks across Britain, Mr Parker said that it is
impossible for security services to stop all of the
attacks.
He said: "We all rely on a myriad of brilliant
technological advances in everyday life, but an
unintended side effect is that these advances also aid
the terrorists.
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“Attacks will occur sometimes because this is a free
society, a liberal democracy, and we do not monitor
everybody all the time and I wouldn’t wish to live in a
country that was like that.
“So it is likely that attacks will occur in the future
sometimes.
“We have to be careful that we don’t find ourselves
being held to some sort of perfect standard of 100 per
cent, because that just isn’t achievable.”
Major technology firms are facing growing calls to step
up efforts to detect and take down terror-related
videos and web pages after attacks in London and
Manchester.
Amber Rudd has been vying for WhatsApp to stop the
use of encrypted messages that she claims allows
jihadists to spread propaganda.
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However, advocacy group Liberty believes the
Government is attacking British civil liberties which
terrorists seek to destroy.
In an article on its website in March, it said: “The
scary thing is the Home Secretary’s words are more
than an empty threat.
“The Investigatory Powers Act which passed into law
at the end of 2016 actually gives Rudd the power to
go ahead and backdoor the entire WhatsApp service in
total secrecy – without us even knowing about it.”
Mr Parker said the ease of online buying, the
propaganda potential of social media and the ability to
send encrypted messages were all the problems.
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He said: “Addressing these challenges is about
partnerships and ethical responsibility.
“No company wants to provide terrorists with explosive
precursors. Social media platforms don’t want to host
bomb-making videos and communications providers
don’t want to provide the means of terrorists’ planning
beyond the sight of MI5.”
Mr Parker was appointed director-general of MI5 in
2013.
He said there has been a “steady drumbeat” of terror
attacks across Europe.
There has been a "steady drumbeat" of terror attacks,
claims Mr Parker
He also revealed that 20 UK attacks have been foiled
since 2013, including seven this year.
There has also been a record of 379 suspects arrested
in the year to June and security agents are running
more than 500 live operations involving 3,000 known
extremists.
But, he warns that attacks could now accelerate and
plans carried out in “just a handful of days” from their
inception.
He added: “This pace, together with the way
extremists can exploit safe spaces online, can make
threats harder to detect and give us a smaller window
to intervene.”
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It comes as ISIS have lost the capital city, Raqqa.
The spy chief warns that ISIS fighters took root in
other countries as it lost ground.
He also said that plots are being devised online and
carried out by extremists of all ages, genders and
backgrounds.
More than 100 UK fighters have been killed in foreign
fighting so far.
He added: “These threats are sometimes now coming
at us more quickly, whether crude but lethal attack
methods – for example using a knife or a vehicle – or
more sophisticated plots when in today’s world
terrorists can learn all that they need online to make
explosives and build a bomb.
“Some will simply never come back at all and may try
to move on to other areas.”

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