Not exact matches
The European Union has issued internet giants an ultimatum to remove
illegal online
terrorist content within an hour, or risk facing new reprisals.
With the surge of
illegal content online, including online
terrorist propaganda and xenophobic and racist speech inciting violence and hatred, online platforms carry an increasing societal responsibility in terms of protecting users and society at large and preventing criminals from exploiting the online space.
However the executive body appears to be seeking to bundle up various types of «
illegal»
content into the same problem bucket — and quickly drew criticism it risks encouraging algorithmic censorship by seeking to create one set of rules to apply to copyrighted
content and
terrorist propaganda, for example.