The European Commission has today (12 September) released its regulation on terrorist content online. This legislation is badly needed in the fight against terrorist propaganda and recruitment online, and today marks a step forward in how Europe fights extremism online. Counter Extremism Project Executive Director David Ibsen said; “We welcome the European Commission’s step forward in the fight against extremist content online but, unfortunately, it falls short of instilling clear solution to the growing problem of illegal content online. The fact that the Commission is proposing a Regulation, as opposed a Directive, shows the seriousness of the issue. We, at the Counter Extremism Project, have seen that content is downloaded and consistently re-uploaded across the same platforms it was previously taken down from. This cannot continue. Reliable enforcement and automated technology so that content can be taken down within one hour of upload needs to be included in the proposed draft.”