European Union lawmakers on Thursday reached a long-delayed agreement on tougher rules to curb terrorism content online, including an obligation that platforms take down offending material within an hour.
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"Today's agreement is an important milestone in helping to prevent future attacks," EU Vice-President Margaritis Schinas said, after member states and the European Parliament finalized the proposed regulation.
The regulation, which will need final approval by European Parliament and EU ministers, will also give national authorities the power to order content removals in other member states.
The plan was launched in 2018 after a series of deadly terror attacks in France, Belgium and other EU countries, perpetrated by Islamic State-inspired attackers, typically indoctrinated through various online forums and on social media.
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French Europe Minister Clement Beaune hailed the compromise, calling it "a major step forward, led by France," though the details of the accord were not yet available.
The rules became an even higher priority after last year's Christchurch mosques attack in New Zealand, which the perpetrator broadcast live on Facebook.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
