External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, on Saturday, at the UN Special Meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) underlined that the internet and social platforms have become potent instruments in the toolkit of terrorists.
"Internet and social media platforms have turned into potent instruments in the toolkit of terrorists and militant groups for spreading propaganda, radicalisation and conspiracy theories aimed at destabilising societies," Jaishankar said during the UN special meet on 'Countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes' in New Delhi.
He noted that the threat of terrorism is only growing and expanding, particularly in Asia and Africa.
In his address, Jaishankar revealed that in recent years, terrorist groups, their ideological fellow travellers, particularly in open and liberal societies and 'lone wolf' attackers have significantly enhanced their capabilities by gaining access to these technologies.
"They use technology and money, and most importantly, the ethos of open societies, to attack freedom, tolerance and progress," he said.
The external affairs minister also announced that India will make a contribution of half a million dollars to the UN Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) to help in capacity-building support to Member States in countering terrorism.
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