Tackling Terrorist Content Online in Europe

All tech companies offering their services in the European Union are now required to take action against terrorist content found on their platforms.

Tech Against Terrorism is here to help.

Hosting service providers must remove terrorist content within one hour of receiving a removal order.

Tech Against Terrorism Europe supports tech companies in complying with the EU’s terrorist content online (TCO) regulation and counter the terrorist threat. 

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Tech Against Terrorism Europe (TATE) hosted a workshop at the European Institute of the Mediterranean on 12 – 13 March in Barcelona, Spain. This event brought together academics, experts, and tech platforms with the aim of exploring the complexities of countering terrorism in the digital sphere.

TCO Regulation report: Tackling online terror content
TCO Regulation report: Tackling online terror content

The report from the European Commission into the implementation of the Terrorist Content Online (TCO) Regulation has found that EU member states are making good use of the tool, with around 350 orders issued by authorities to service providers to remove online terrorist content but more must be done to enforce the provisions and support host service providers comply with the regulations.

European Commission Report: Supporting smaller hosting service providers for the implementation of regulation
European Commission Report: Supporting smaller hosting service providers for the implementation of regulation

Tech Against Terrorism Europe’s work was recently highlighted in a report from the European Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2021/784 on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online

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Discover the regulatory landscape shaping the digital world with the European Union's (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA) and Regulation on Terrorist Content Online (TCO).

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This opinion piece describes the two main ways in which automated tools identify terrorist content online. It argues that, while automated content moderation tools are essential, they also have limitations.

Online Course: EU TCO Regulation
Online Course: EU TCO Regulation

Discover the keys to elevating your counter-terrorism efforts and mastering EU law in this free Tech Against Terrorism Europe online course!

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Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to IdentifyTerrorist Content Online

This report from the Tech Against Terrorism Europe project examines the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to identify terrorist content online.

Combatting terrorist content online: Proactive AI detection.
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Social media platforms identify and remove huge volumes of online terrorist and violent extremist content on a daily basis, with much of the detection relying on artificial intelligence and automated processes.

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In this interview published in Policing Insight, Professor Stuart Macdonald, Director of the Cyber Threats Research Centre (CYTREC) at Swansea University and partner in the TATE project, discusses the current cyber threat landscape, the cyber challenges for 2024, and how new regulations are combatting online terrorist propaganda.

NOTIONES: Tackling terrorist content online – Propaganda and content moderation
NOTIONES: Tackling terrorist content online – Propaganda and content moderation

In this insightful white paper published in collaboration with the European NOTIONES network of intelligence and law enforcement agencies, Professor Stuart Macdonald, Director of the Cyber Threats Research Centre at Swansea University and partner in the TATE project, examines the response of the tech industry to tackle online terrorist and violent extremist content.

New guidance will help smaller hosting service providers to tackle terrorist content online.
New guidance will help smaller hosting service providers to tackle terrorist content online.

Research Associate Sophia Rothut of Tech Against Terrorism Europe (TATE) partners Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, examines the challenges for host service providers (HSPs) and competent authorities in complying and enforcing the new EU Terrorist Content Online (TCO) regulations.

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Tackling terrorist content online: A new paradigm for security research

This article published by Policing Insight, and authored by Tech Against Terrorism Europe (TATE) Project Coordinators at SAHER (Europe), highlights the aim and objectives of the TATE project, showcasing the collaboration of the TCO Cluster of funded initiatives.

One year on: Examining new powers to tackle terrorist content online
One year on: Examining new powers to tackle terrorist content online

This article published in Policing Insight, being authored by Tech Against Terrorism Europe (TATE) Project Coordinators at SAHER (Europe), examines the impact of the powers on tech companies and competent authorities, and explores how the TATE initiative will support host service providers (HSPs) comply with the EU TCO provisions.

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Tech Against Terrorism Europe is a consortium of partners from academia and civil society to drive awareness of the EU’s regulation on terrorist content.

The project will work with hosting service providers to ensure understanding and compliance of the EU’s TCO Regulation. All providers are offered access to the following initiaves developed by Tech Against Terrorism.

Capacity Building Programme

Drawing from our mentorship expertise, Tech Against Terrorism will give bespoke support to European hosting service providers, helping them to establish the necessary internal mechanisms to adhere to European regulation on terrorist content (TCO).

Knowledge Sharing Platform

Our carefully-curated policy resource will be expanded to cover European regulation on terrorist content.

We will also be creating additional new resources and updating existing ones to continue sharing key insights and policy best practice.

Terrorist Content Analytics Platform

We aim to support the European tech sector in identifying and alerting terrorist content in scope of the TCO. We recommend content flagged under the TCO regulation be removed or geoblocked in the EU.

Consortium Partners

Jihadoscope
Ghent University
Dublin City University
Saher Europe
Swansea University

Funded by the
European Union

The Tech Against Terrorism Europe project is funded by the European Union (ISF-2021-AG-TCO-101080101).

This project will support smaller hosting services providers (HSPs) in building their counterterrorism frameworks and with transparency reporting, as required by the EU’s terrorist content online (TCO) regulation and in Directive (EU) 2017/541.