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By Sophia Rothut & Brigitte Naderer Political content does not spread solely organically: paid advertising campaigns on platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram allow parties, organisations, activists, and other political actors to purchase reach for their messaging. Thereby, the advertisers’ aim is to expand their support and influence among those receiving the ad. Targeting ...

This article summarises one of the recent outputs of a sub-group of GIFCT’s Legal Frameworks Working Group 2022. By Katy Vaughan Most tech companies now have polices aimed at countering terrorist and violent extremist content (TVEC) on their platforms and services. It is also a condition of GIFCT membership that companies must have policies that ...

By Tech Against Terrorism Support mechanisms, legal certainty, and safeguards needed to avoid negative impact On 28 April the EU Parliament announced that the regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online had been approved. On 7 June, the law, which was initially introduced by the Commission and has gone through several iterations, entered into force and ...