Social networks, gaming platforms, AI carry new risks in the fight against terrorism – Director of the SCO RATS Executive Committee

Geopolitical turbulence and destructive armed conflicts pose serious obstacles to creative development and social well-being. The growing tendency to ignore the UN Charter and other fundamental norms of international law reinforces the need for a just and multipolar world order. This was stated at the plenary session of the Counter-Terrorism Forum in Minsk by the Director of the Executive Committee of the SCO RATS Ularbek Sharsheev, the correspondent of sb.by reports.

Speaking about the international situation, Ularbek Sharsheev said that despite the general decline in the number of terrorist attacks in the world, their nature is becoming more complex and destructive. The forms and methods of terrorist activity are changing. The experience of modern military conflicts is increasingly used.

Various unmanned and autonomous systems are widely used, he said. There are risks of returning militants from hot spots under the guise of migrants or through illegal channels. New opportunities for terrorist activities are opened by the digital environment – social networks, instant messengers, gaming platforms and closed Internet platforms. They are used to recruit recruit recruits and spread extremist ideology.

Artificial intelligence becomes a tool for creating and distributing propaganda materials and other destructive content. Financial arrangements are changing, the speaker added.

- Cryptocurrencies, digital tools, Internet fraud and other ways to hide sources of funding are used, said Ularbek Zarlykovich. Of particular concern is the growing trend of radicalization of young people, including minors.

- Our response should be as networked as the threat itself, but in line with the Shanghai spirit and based on the sovereignty of states, mutual respect, trust, international law and national legislation, Ularbek Sharsheev concluded. Extremism and terrorism must be fought together: Kazakevich on the importance of the Counter-Terrorism Forum