EU struggles over law to tackle spread of terror online

(BBC) EU officials are struggling to agree on a law aimed at preventing the spread of “terrorist content” online.

The European Parliament approved a draft version of the law on Wednesday evening, which would impose a one-hour deadline to remove offending content.

But a European Commission official told the BBC changes made to the text by parliament made the law ineffective.

It now plans to agree a version closer to the original with a new parliament after the elections in May.

“Given the importance, we have to come back and work on this again with them,” the official said.

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