Terrorgram Becomes 1st Online Group to Be Banned

A Telegram channel has become the first online group to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation following a vote in Parliament. The Home Office described Terrorgram as an “online network of neo-fascist terrorists who produce and disseminate violent propaganda to encourage those who consume its content to engage in terrorist activity.” On Wednesday the Home Office laid a draft proscription order before Parliament and it was approved by a vote of MPs. During the debate Home Office minister Tom Tugendhat said Terrorgram was a “transnational, online network of neo-fascist terrorists who produce and disseminate violent propaganda with the aim of radicalising readers and encouraging individuals to commit acts of terrorism.”...