Facebook blitz over online terrorist films

FACEBOOK has joined forces with authorities in a blitz on online terror content.

The social network yesterday attended a “joint referral action day” organised by Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency.

National police units from Belgium, France and the UK also participated in the campaign to identify and secure the swift removal of material related to terror or violent extremism.

Europol said the “intensive” action focused mainly on the online production of terrorist materials by Islamic State and al Qaida linked outlets.

Among the items flagged up were propaganda videos and publications glorifying or supporting terrorism.

Europol said:

“During this day, the specialised law enforcement units performed a qualitative assessment of several hundreds of pieces of suspected terrorist propaganda.”

Removal of referred material is voluntarily carried out by social media platforms.