Tag: IRMA
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Referral Unit at Europol: German police had thousands of internet contents removed last year
Currently, hosting providers can decide whether to voluntarily comply with removal requests in the area of “Islamist terrorism” from Europol. From 7 June, these will become removal orders, which can be sent directly to companies by national authorities via a new platform. With the Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU), Europol operates since 2015 a platform […]
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Removal order and upload filter: Controversial EU negotiations before conclusion
Internet service providers comply with police requests to remove content on a large scale on a voluntary basis, but a legislative proposal would force them to cooperate. An agreement could still be reached under the German Presidency of the Council. Negotiations on an EU regulation against the distribution of terrorist content online could be successfully […]
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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 favour of tightening up the legislation. On 12 September, the EU Commission presented its proposal […]
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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 short existence and cooperates closely with Europol, also about “smuggling crime”. The German Federal Criminal […]