MEPs against terrorist content online

Members of European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee agreed on September 24 to begin discussions with EU ministers on new EU rules to tackle the dissemination of terrorist content on the internet. MEPs could soon start negotiations with EU countries on rules that could force internet companies to remove content promoting terrorism within an hour of being…

Russia demands Google to bloc “illegal” protests video

Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media  (Roskomnadzor) sent a letter to Google demanding to stop using YouTube video hosting to advertise illegal demonstrations, the department’s website announced. Russian media watchdog says it will treat Google as an organization meddling in Russia’s internal affairs and “undermining democratic elections” if YouTube…