The EU’s Terrorist Content Online Regulation came into effect in June 2022, and included a requirement for media platforms and host service providers (HSPs) to take down terrorist content within an hour of receiving a removal order from a ‘competent authority’; but a new report suggests that a lack of technical expertise and awareness leaves many smaller HSPs struggling to comply with the Regulation, as Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth explains.

Despite new legal provisions and the best effort of law enforcement agencies, the online terror threat persists, with increasingly sophisticated propaganda campaigns recruiting and radicalising teenagers to terrorist causes; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth spoke to international expert Laurence Bindner, co-founder of the JOS Project, about the challenges of tackling online terrorism and the current threat landscape.

Terrorist organisations are turning to small hosting service providers (HSPs) with less capacity and capability to prevent the spread of extremism on their platforms. Policing Insight's Andrew Staniforth reports on Tech Against Terrorism Europe an initiative specifically designed to help HSPs remove terrorist content quickly.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Writing for Policing Insight magazine, Andrew Staniforth of Saher Europe, a consortium partner of Tech Against Terrorism Europe, discussed the European Union’s new regulation on terrorist content online.