France looking to ramp up online anti-terrorist laws
An AFP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
A proposed anti-terror law in France, presented to the cabinet, aims to clamp down on terrorist activity carried out via the Internet as the Al-Qaeda network develops increasingly dangerous online activities.
The proposed law would introduce measures such as extending the period for which cybercafes have to keep records of Internet connection data, but faces a tough battle against "cyber-jihadists" who avoid being tracked through cunning and the fluid nature of the Internet, according to experts.
Terrorists use the Internet for "communication, recruitment, planning" and, importantly, for military instruction, said Rita Katz, head of the Washington-based institute Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE), which monitors Islamist websites.
"Everything is there, it replaces the training camps," she said.
posted by Fergie @ 10/27/2005 07:14:00 AM
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