Expert moots protection for internet

Li Wei calls for consensus on tackling potential attacks on net itself

The internet, which has been used as a tool by terrorists for recruitment and for plotting attacks, can well become a terrorist target itself, a China anti-terrorism expert has said.

"Terrorists use the internet to spread their beliefs and set up online training centers to train people to carry out lonewolf attacks. But they may target the internet itself one day creating greater problems. So fighting terrorism on the internet has become a key subject in global counter-terrorism operations," said Li Wei, an anti-terrorism expert at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.