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<p>Following referrals from the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU),
social media providers have removed 280,000 pieces of illegal terrorist material since
February 2010. Between 11 May 2010 and 31 December 2015, the Government excluded 181
people from the United Kingdom, including 69 exclusions on national security grounds.</p><p>There
were 26 exclusions made between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015. 71 international
terrorist organisations and a further 14 in Northern Ireland, have been proscribed.
The Government Transparency Report, published on 23 February 2017, showed that the
Royal Prerogative had been used to cancel or refuse applications for passports 23
times in 2015. Figures are not yet available for 2016. From March 2015 to March 2017
there have been 562 arrests for terrorism related offences.</p>
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