Anti-terror cooperation with ISPs is ‘essential’ in wake of Paris shootings, EU ministers say

In the wake of the shootings in Paris last week, justice ministers across the European Union have called on major Internet providers to create a system to quickly report and remove online material that “aims to incite hatred and terror.”

Such a system is “essential” to stem online terrorist propaganda, the ministers of interior and justice said in a joint statement on Sunday, responding to the shootings at the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

“We are concerned at the increasingly frequent use of the Internet to fuel hatred and violence and signal our determination to ensure that the Internet is not abused to this end,” they said, adding that the Internet should remain a forum for free expression.

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