Brussels-Sana
On Wednesday, the European Parliament gave its final green light to restrictions on online platforms to remove terrorist messages, photos and videos within an hour, paving the way for their implementation next year in the European Union.
The AP quoted the Commissioner for Internal Affairs of the European Union, Elva Johansson, as saying that this legislation will make it difficult for terrorists to exploit the Internet to recruit online and incite attacks on the Internet and glorify their atrocities via the Internet.
For his part, the Polish conservative member of the European Parliament, Patrick Jackie, considered the text to be good and balanced, and that it supports freedom of expression on the Internet and improves security on the Internet.
However, these restrictions caused unease among NGOs and human rights groups, including Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders, as they feared that these measures would be used to restrict freedom of expression.
Under the new restrictions, online platforms operating in one of the European Union countries will be forced to quickly remove or prohibit access to offensive content, at risk of a fine.
