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: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday August 21 2018, @03:09PM
The EU will have to insult with the US President to find out just how small of a minimum size is still workable for entry.
It would be so unfair for the law to apply to smaller social media such as info wars.
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