SITE Intelligence Group is an American

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that tracks online activity of

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and

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organizations. It is based in

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. 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

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. To view the bulk of the contents and reports of the SITE website a person, government, or company must

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to SITE Intelligence Group. On September 2, 2014, SITE sent the video of Steven Sotloff's apparent beheading to its subscribers before the

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released the video. On August 18, 2021, Katz commented that “The

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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

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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.”

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