Filtration of Terrorism-Related Texts in the E-Government Environment

2. Terrorism And The Internet

Due to the increased use of the Internet, a large number of new technologies are appearing on different dynamic platforms, which makes the use of it possible for malicious people on damaging society and people. Therefore, if the internet is accepted as a large digital library, we can observe billions of pages accessible information available here, and many of them are in the interest of terrorist groups. For example, terrorists can get information about vehicles, nuclear power plants, public buildings, airports and ports, and even anti-terrorism measures from the Internet.

The use of online platforms by terrorists is not novel. After the September 11 attacks and the anti-terrorism operations, a large number of terrorist groups passed in the cyberspace, establishing thousands of websites promoting their messages and activities. Many terrorist websites were targeted by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and anti-terrorist services.