European Union: Council agrees to regulation of online terrorist content includes one-hour takedown rule
Description
Council agrees to regulation of online terrorist content includes one-hour takedown rule
On 16 March 2021, the Council of the European Union announced that it had approved Regulation 2021/784 on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online, which requires social media companies in the EU to take down online terrorist content…
Scope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
Hide details
2018-09-12
under deliberation
2020-12-10
under deliberation
2021-03-16
under deliberation
2021-04-28
adopted