From Nextgov.com: Internet censorship proves counterproductive in curtailing terrorist recruitment

Intelligence gathered from extremists’ websites actually provides useful information to pursue criminals, witnesses tell lawmakers.

Federal authorities should rely on the Internet to identify and track terrorist threats and to launch counterterrorism campaigns, but should not censor websites as a means to quell online recruitment by extremist groups, civil liberty advocates told a House panel on Wednesday.

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