Kazakhstan 'needs European cooperation' in fight against online extremism
Kazakhstan's Committee for National Security (KNB) says it needs
more cooperation with European countries to combat online extremism
and terrorist propaganda, Radio Liberty reported.
KNB deputy chairman Kabdulkarim Abdikazymov told journalists on
Wednesday that some 950 websites promoting extremist and terrorist
views have been shut down by Kazakh courts since last January.
According to him, 150 more sites are under review for bans.
However, according to Abdikazymov, the majority of those websites
are based in Europe and Kazakh authorities need European
cooperation.
Abdikazymov added that the KNB has sent special recommendations on
the issue to the parliament.
Local security forces have launched several antiterrorist
operations in the west of the country after Kazakhstan's first-ever
suicide bombing in the city of Aqtobe in May 2011.