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Internal SecurityEXAMINEYear 202415 Marks
Concept / Statute•Directive•Institution / Stakeholder
Social media platforms and encrypted messaging services have emerged as serious national security challenges by facilitating recruitment, terror financing, and fake news propagation. Discuss comprehensive countermeasures.
Exact Syllabus Pointer
Linkages between development and spread of extremism, external state and non-state actors, cyber security, money laundering, border management.
Connected Questions Across All Papers
Discovered through overlapping concepts: Social Media Security Threats, End-to-End Encryption, Radicalization Online
Recurring Theme Trend: “Social Media Security Threats”
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