Tag: Internet Referral Unit
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Uploadfilter for crime scene videos: EU governments ensure “crisis response protocol” for US Internet companies

The Christchurch attack has promoted discussions on the mandatory removal of online content. At several levels, the German government is involved in global initiatives. However, the German exaggerated requests for deletion find little sympathy. The German Federal Criminal Police Office…
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Upload filters: Europol is creating facts

The planned EU Regulation on the removal of “terrorist content online” has no longer made it through the legislative process; in autumn the newly elected parliament will decide on it. The governments hope that the MEPs will then vote in…
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German Police launches “National Internet Referral Unit”

Europol has requested the removal of Internet content in almost 100,000 cases. The companies adressed are responding to a considerable extent. The German BKA has now also set up a contact office, which has sent almost 6,000 reports since its…
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Europol to “disrupt smuggling networks’ online communications”

To combat terrorism, the EU police agency reports Internet content to providers for removal. These finds are not necessarily punishable. Now the Internet Referral Unit at Europol is to take stronger action against “smuggling networks”. The police agency Europol is…