Matthias Monroy

Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator

  • Anti-terrorism at walking pace: Little European Union action against right-wing extremists

    Anti-terrorism at walking pace: Little European Union action against right-wing extremists

    Only after the attack in Christchurch did the EU Commission and the Council take violent right-wing extremism and terrorism more seriously. However, no progress has been made in the cross-border fight against the phenomenon. Some Member States are putting the brakes on political decisions and consider terrorist attacks only as “extremism”. On 15 March 2019, […]

  • Who drives EU counter-terrorism? On the legislation of the European Union

    Who drives EU counter-terrorism? On the legislation of the European Union

    Heiner Busch and Matthias Monroy. Translation by Viktoria Langer The formal process of developing and implementing EU counter-terrorism law and policy begins with the heads of government, in the European Council, setting out strategic guidelines. Thereafter, the Commission produces proposals for laws and policies that are discussed by the Council of the EU (made up […]

  • Social media companies launch upload filter to combat “terrorism and extremism”

    Social media companies launch upload filter to combat “terrorism and extremism”

    A database set up jointly by Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube has become operational. The prototype aims to identify “terrorist and radicalising” content automatically and to remove it from these platforms. The prototype of a mechanism to prevent the publication of violent terrorist content on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter commenced operations last week. […]

  • EU puts circumvention of encryption back on the agenda

    EU puts circumvention of encryption back on the agenda

    The European Union is discussing access by law enforcement authorities to encrypted communications in a number of papers, working groups and new cooperation forums. The “crypto debate” begun around a year ago on ways to circumvent encryption or access protected communication has gained new momentum. Most recently, the Luxembourg Council Presidency sent out a paper […]