EU to tech companies: you have one hour to remove terrorist content

When it comes to dangerous content online, the European Union is not messing around.

Per a new set of guidelines announced by the European Union on Thursday, tech companies including Google, Facebook, and Twitter will have just one hour to remove “terror” content that’s been flagged by EU authorities as illegal. 

According to the Wall Street Journal, the guidelines are actually a pre-emptive response to rattling from some European nations to make technology companies legally liable for illegal content that appears on their platforms. Read more…

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