Law call to fight online extremists
EUROPEAN leaders are being urged to bring in tough laws to put pressure on internet giants to tackle online extremism.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will lead calls to ensure there is “no safe space for terrorists” to plot attacks and share radical material online when he attends a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg today.
In the wake of atrocities in London Bridge and Manchester, Prime Minister Theresa May has urged social media companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter to take down terrorist content.
She also agreed measures with G7 leaders in April and a new plan with French president Emmanuel Macron last week.
Johnson said: “There should be no safe space for terrorists plotting attacks, radicalising young people and encouraging others to carry out violence in the name of an obscene ideology.
“We need a common approach to ensure the problem gets solved.”