Over the weekend, European policymakers reached a provisional political agreement to adopt the Digital Services Act (DSA), first proposed in 2020, which aims to upgrade liability and safety rules for digital platforms, services, and products...
This week, Google filed a lawsuit in administrative court in Germany to challenge a portion of the country’s expanded 2018 Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG). NetzDG regulates online content moderation and requires online platforms to remove...
After a series of terror attacks earlier this year in Austria and France, the European Union, its member states, and the United Kingdom are taking new steps to reduce online extremism and stem the dissemination of terrorist propaganda. In Austria...
Changes Would Require Further Transparency From Tech Companies In Content Takedowns Germany’s pioneering online content moderation law, the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG), will soon be upgraded. Amendments to the law, which include requiring tech...
On Sunday, Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault criticized major tech companies like Facebook for their inability and unwillingness to effectively stop the spread of hateful or extremist material on their platforms. Guilbeault indicated that...
Industry Behavior Highlights Tech’s Insincerity In Tackling Harmful Content In an effort to stave off pending U.S. regulation, the tech industry has opposed widely-supported bi-partisan U.S. legislation—the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of...
European Union (EU) digital-policy and antitrust czar Margrethe Vestager took sharp aim at U.S. tech companies last week, detailing a comprehensive plan to regulate tech companies, including proposals to curb their anticompetitive behavior. The new...
The European Union’s (EU) proposed Terrorist Content Regulation continues to face opposition from major tech companies including Google/YouTube and Microsoft. The new regulation would allow EU member states to impose fines on tech firms of up to four...
Enacted in 2018, Germany’s pioneering and ambitious Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) represents an important milestone in curbing online extremism. However, the law, which fines online platforms for failures to delete illegal content, has been a...
Calls for Regulation Mark Cognitive Shift Against Tech Companies This was a record year for tech companies, and not just for lobbyist spending. Both Facebook and Google had “blockbuster” years, posting $6.88 and $8.95 billion respectively in fourth...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On March 25, 2017, as Bangladesh Armed Forces raided a militant hideout in South Surma Upazila, Bangladesh, militants detonated two bombs in a crowd of 500-600 onlookers. The attack, claimed by ISIS, killed four civilians and three police officers, and injured 50 others.
Among the defendants for the 2016 bombings is Salah Abdelslam, a French citizen who was also involved in the Novemb… https://t.co/DBytmVVQCX
Wednesday is the anniversary of the March 2016 Brussels attacks, during which suicide bombers hit the Brussels’ Zav… https://t.co/meBTQ9N9hF
RT @CEPinEurope: YouTube is still broadcasting racist song videos which inspired terrorist Anders Breivik. Read the article including comme…
RT @CEPinEurope: Writing for @unherd, Strategic Advisor for @FightExtremism, @LiamSD12, argues that the attacks carried out by jihadist Moh…
Leaders of #Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (#PIJ) had called for continued “resistance.” Last year, officials… https://t.co/f3Y4mTqmp3
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