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: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21 2018, @09:49AM
Funny. From what I saw, Fox [thenewamerican.com] and Breitbart had more accurate coverage of the Syrian "civil" war than most news outlets. Saudi and the West provided financial backing for Islamist insurgents [theguardian.com] and worse. [telesurtv.net]
If you believe that the majority of individuals protesting the invasion of Iraq and those objecting to intervention in Syria are demarcated on the grounds of left and "far-right", [theguardian.com] you are buying into the propaganda wholesale. Wake up! [twitter.com]