SITE Intelligence Group is an American
non-governmental organization that tracks online activity of
white supremacist and
jihadist organizations. It is based in
Bethesda, Maryland.
From 2002 to 2008, SITE Intelligence Group was known as the
Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE) Institute. SITE is led by the Israeli analyst
Rita Katz
Rita may refer to:
People
* Rita (given name)
* Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984)
* Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962)
* Rita (Japanese singer)
* Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita
Places
* Djarrit, also known as Rita, a ...
.
To view the bulk of the contents and reports of the SITE website a person, government, or company must
subscribe
The subscription business model is a business model in which a customer must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a product or service. The model was pioneered by publishers of books and periodicals in the 17th century, an ...
to SITE Intelligence Group.
On September 2, 2014, SITE sent the video of
Steven Sotloff
Steven Joel Sotloff ( he, סטיבן סוטלוף; May 11, 1983 – September 2, 2014) was an American-Israeli journalist. In August 2013, he was kidnapped in Aleppo, Syria, and held captive by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the L ...
's apparent beheading to its subscribers before the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant released the video.
On August 18, 2021, Katz commented that “The
Taliban of today is immensely savvy with technology and social media" and, in regards to demands by
U.S. conservatives wanting "to know why former president
Donald Trump has been
banned from Twitter while various Taliban figures have not", responded that "The Taliban is clearly threading the needle regarding social media content policies and is not yet crossing the very distinct policy-violating lines that Trump crossed.”
References
External links
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''New Yorker'' profile
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Intelligence websites
Companies based in Bethesda, Maryland
Mass media companies established in 2008
American companies established in 2008
2008 establishments in Maryland