About time.
Internet giants discuss jihad over dinner with EU ministers
TODAY @ 14:59
BRUSSELS – High ranking officials from Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft met with EU interior ministers and the European Commission at a private dinner in Luxembourg to discuss ways to counter online jihadist propaganda.
The following morning, on Thursday (9 October), EU commissioner for home affairs Cecilia Malmstrom said the Internet firms explained how they co-ordinate efforts to stop the Islamic State (IS) from uploading decapitation videos.
“It was especially them who spoke and how they worked, the ministers asked them questions, and we discussed about the possibilities of training,” she said.
Malmstrom backed away from proposing any new laws to counter the IS threat, noting that existing instruments, such as the EU’s radicalisation awareness network (RAN), are enough.