Posted on 07/01/2015 1:16:35 PM PDT by markomalley
Europol has officially launched the European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) to combat terrorist propaganda and related violent extremist activities on the internet.
The move is in response to the increase in terrorists' use of the internet and social media. According to Europol, Jihadist groups, in particular, have demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of how social networks operate. They have launched well-organised, concerted social media campaigns to recruit followers and to promote or glorify acts of terrorism or violent extremism.
To tackle this phenomenon, EU member states have agreed a co-ordinated European prevention approach, which includes establishing the EU IRU that is dedicated to reducing the level and impact of terrorist and violent extremist propaganda on the internet.
The EU IRU at Europol in The Hague is tasked with identifying and referring relevant online content to internet service providers, and supporting member states with operational and strategic analysis.
The unit will draw on existing relationships with law enforcement authorities across the EU and beyond, the private sector and the on-site Europol Liaison Officers' network. It will rely on secure communication channels and databases, as well as Europol's data protection and confidentiality arrangements.
"Europol has co-operated closely with the EU member states and the European Commission to develop this new capability, aimed at reducing terrorist and extremist online propaganda,” said Europol director Rob Wainwright.
“We have also built a constructive new partnership with relevant social media and other private companies. Together we will deliver a determined response to this problem affecting the safety and liberty of the internet,” he said.
In March 2015, Wainwright joined the growing list of law enforcement officers to raise concerns about encrypted communication services online.
Encryption has become one of the biggest problems for police and security services in dealing with threats from terrorism, he said.
Wainwright warned that encrypted communcations make it difficult to monitor terror suspects, echoing comments by FBI director James Comey, former European Cyber Crime Centre head Troels Oerting and GCHQ director Robert Hannigan.
Howsabout we worry about TELLING THE TRUTH—and letting the rest of the Eurobullshit slide??
All this distrust for free speech.
Wow...
Looks like there are some things still worthy of militarism.
I don’t know what is just ahead, but I know what happened the last time the world’s civilization experienced this level of political correctness.
It’s not going to be pretty.
Another method that works great is to take over the online recruitment efforts, whisk off the volunteers to quickie training camps, indoctrinate them into following various jihadist drifts, then send them against one another, feeding their depletions with new recruits. Thanks markomalley.
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