Remove terror content promptly or face huge fines, EU tells social media firms

European commission proposes fines of up to 4% of firms’ global revenue if they fail to remove terrorist content

Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter will be forced to take terrorist content off their sites within an hour or face multimillion pound fines, under fresh proposals from the European Union.

Julian King, the British security commissioner in Brussels, said there had been a shift in the nature of terror attacks, with people being increasingly radicalised and then receiving their instruction online. He said online material has played a part in every attack on European soil in the last 18 months.

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