Europol coordinates EU-wide hit against online terrorist propaganda

On 25 and 26 April 2017, Europol’s Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) teamed up with colleagues from Belgium, Greece, Poland, Portugal and US to identify and secure the swift removal of terrorist and violent extremism content online. Hosted at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague, the teams jointly targeted accounts used by terrorist groups to radicalise, recruit, direct terrorist activities.

A 48-hour international operation against online terrorism and extremism saw over 2 000 items assessed as harmful and illegal material with the purpose of referring it to the online service providers for removal from the internet.