ARF agree to boost social media use to fight terrorism
Foreign ministers participating in the 24th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) on August 7 agreed to increase the use of social media in combating terrorism, amid the rising threat of terrorism in the region.
Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (fourth, left) and other ASEAN foreign ministers at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Foreign ministers participating inthe 24th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) on August 7 agreed to increase the use ofsocial media in combating terrorism, amid the rising threat of terrorism in theregion.
The officials stressed “the need to make fulland effective use of social media to counter the spread of terrorists’narratives online.”
Concerns have been raised over the threat posedby foreign terrorists in Southeast Asia, particularly since the outbreak offighting in the southern Philippine city of Marawi between IslamicState-inspired militants and Philippine government forces.
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Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (fourth, left) and other ASEAN foreign ministers at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
