Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The World Heart for Combating Extremist Ideology (Etidal) revealed that the outcomes of an evaluation of greater than 12.9 million extremist messages, monitored by the middle throughout a interval of 90 days, confirmed that 66 p.c of them are likely to incite violence. This displays terrorist organizations’ concentrate on focusing on safety, as it’s the basis of societal belief and the bulwark defending and making certain stability.
The Etidal emphasised that inflammatory propaganda messages are used to arouse feelings, focusing on establishments, undermining the nationwide safety and stability, and weakening the financial system.
The middle, which is dedicated to using technical means to fight extremist ideology, acknowledged that roughly 34 p.c of those messages are news-based, confirming that this propaganda isn’t just a single piece of rhetoric, however somewhat an interconnected community whose messages combine to push people towards a cycle of violence and hatred.
In line with the middle, these information messages are used to assemble a distorted narrative that reframes actuality from a deceptive perspective, in response to the middle, which seeks to supply a dependable technical setting.
It’s noteworthy that Etidal, in cooperation with Telegram, eliminated greater than 30 million extremist content material within the second quarter of 2025. Equally, bilateral cooperation inside the framework of combating digital extremism between Etidal and Telegram resulted within the closure of 1,254 extremist channels throughout the identical interval. These outcomes come inside the context of a joint plan that started in February 2022 and, by the tip of June 2025, resulted within the elimination of roughly 207,604,942 extremist content material, along with the closure of 17,455 extremist channels documented for disseminating extremist content material or inciting violence and terrorism.
Utilizing its superior technical instruments and specialised consultants, the Etidal screens extremist content material throughout languages and media, in collaboration with its international companions. In the meantime, Telegram continues to strengthen its reporting and fast response mechanisms to guard customers and fight any exploitation of the platform to unfold extremist concepts.