Telegram and Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology (Etidal) in Saudi Arabia have revealed the collaborative removal of 6,004,218 extremist content pieces and the closure of 1,840 channels belonging to ISIS, Al Qaeda and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, between January 1 and March 30.
The activity of three terrorist organisations was identified and monitored on Telegram by Etidal and discovered 2,773,902 pieces with extremist content on 477 channels belonging to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, 1,807,215 ISIS extremist content pieces on 1,040 channels and 1,423,101 pieces by Al Qaeda on 323 channels.
A peak in activity was observed on January 9 for reasons unknown, with over 451,911 pieces of content released and circulated.
Etidal and Telegram have collaborated for the second year in a row, removing over 21 million extremist content and channels in total.
As per Saudi’s Ministry of Interior General Department of Weapons and Explosives:
Conditions
- Must be a Saudi national
- Applicant age must be above 22 years
- Criminal record must be clean
- Must be free from any infirmity or physical, nervous or mental illness that hampers the use of arms according to the prepared form
- Must have no security orders or restrictions
- The weapon must have no modifications
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