RED-Alert in The European Commission’s workshop, Brussels 2019
RED-Alert is a European Union (EU) funded research and innovation project as part of the Horizon 2020 programme to develop new online content monitoring and analysis tools to combat terrorism.
EU implements tighter terrorism tracking measures
On Friday, December 28, 2018, new measures to fight terrorism and other crime in the European Union came into force, with an ultimate goal of improving security through a more efficient sharing of the information.
Brussels proposes plan to combat Fake News
The European Union’s executive proposed investing more funds to counter fake news on the Internet, establishing an early warning system to alert governments and pushing tech companies do more to stop disinformation before next year’s EU elections.
The EU will propose a law that will force social media platforms to remove terrorist content within 1 hour or face fines
The Financial Times reported on Sunday that a new regulation will take place in the EU where social media websites will be obligated to remove extremist, or any other terror-related content from their platforms in less than 60 minutes or they will have to pay fines.