Francois Hollande: more needs to be done to get terrorists off the web
- 9 years ago
Action against terrorism must now be collective and coordinated on a global scale.
That is the message from the French President during an address to foreign diplomats based in Paris.
Francois Hollande repeated his government’s determination to toughen police action and legislation in the face of terrorism.
He also talked about the increasing use of the Internet by terrorist groups to spread their message and recruit young people.
The president said authorities had to react, together with key Internet players, to ensure that terrorist groups were not able to operate online with impunity.
Operators of social media sites have already come under pressure to get tougher on who has access to their pages and to more closely monitor them for illegal activity and hate speech.
It may be a surprise to many, for example, that it is a crime in France to “apologise for terrorism”.
Under this legislation, a French comedian was arrested this week for alleged comments made about
That is the message from the French President during an address to foreign diplomats based in Paris.
Francois Hollande repeated his government’s determination to toughen police action and legislation in the face of terrorism.
He also talked about the increasing use of the Internet by terrorist groups to spread their message and recruit young people.
The president said authorities had to react, together with key Internet players, to ensure that terrorist groups were not able to operate online with impunity.
Operators of social media sites have already come under pressure to get tougher on who has access to their pages and to more closely monitor them for illegal activity and hate speech.
It may be a surprise to many, for example, that it is a crime in France to “apologise for terrorism”.
Under this legislation, a French comedian was arrested this week for alleged comments made about