From the BBC.
The European Commission is planning to order websites to delete extremist content on their sites within an hour to avoid the risk of being fined. The regulation would affect Twitter, Facebook and YouTube among others. The crackdown would lead to the EU abandoning its current approach - where the firms self-police - in favour of explicit rules.
The shake-up comes in the wake of high-profile terror attacks across Europe over the past few years.
Julian King, the EU's commissioner for security, told the Financial Times [Subscription required] that the EU would "take stronger action in order to protect our citizens".
The BBC has confirmed the details of the report.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21 2018, @12:33AM (2 children)
Now you just need to expand the definition of it so it covers everything you don't like (opposition parties, racists, gypsies, jews and other deviants). Convenient isn't it.
(Score: 2) by Aiwendil on Tuesday August 21 2018, @08:02AM
Well, it worked for communism*
(* the word communism)
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21 2018, @02:00PM
German government places Socialist Equality Party on subversive watch-list [wsws.org]:
They're not interested in deplorables, but maybe they'll snag some Gypsies for the hell of it, especially since it'd go over like a led balloon to do that to the Jews again. RWNJs for example are typically a bit paranoid of such things (not that paranoia isn't warranted... obviously it is), but RWNJs aren't a threat to the ruling class. No, what they're worried about is the increasing consciousness that the working class must organize to demand a fair share of the wealth they produce.