Directive

Preventing the Dissemination of Terrorist Content Online

Mandatory Removal Deadlines
This proposal required online content providers to remove content deemed terroristic by authorities. This included a 1 hour removal deadline, untenable for small, local companies and individuals, which would require automatic filtering in practice. The 1 hour deadline was removed by amendment, but replaced with wording that is still ambiguous ('undue delay').

Even without the deadline, this is a troubling new development in government censorship of online content. Questionable takedown notices have already been issued before, sometimes patently absurd, e.g. demanding the removal of unrelated musical performances and historical books from the Internet Archive.

Points Earned

Free Speech+310
Rationality+203
Autonomy+203
Proportionality+310
Censorship-280
Misinformation-342
Authoritarianism-342
Special Pleading-280
Irresponsibility-201

Rapporteur

Photo of Daniel Dalton

Shadow Rapporteurs

Photo of Cornelia Ernst
Photo of Eva Joly
Photo of Josef Weidenholzer
Photo of Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz
Photo of Rachida Dati

Terrorist Content - Amendment 157

Replace the 1 hour removal deadline with 'as soon as possible'.

Votes

For
Against
Abstain
Absent
Decision
297
300
10
145
Rejected
1 correction
296
301
10
145
Rejected

Terrorist Content - Amendment 158

Replace the 1 hour removal deadline with 'without undue delay', and other changes.

Votes

For
Against
Abstain
Absent
Decision
298
305
6
143
Rejected
2 corrections
300
303
6
143
Rejected

Terrorist Content - Amendment 159

Replace the 1 hour removal deadline with 'without undue delay', and other changes.

Votes

For
Against
Abstain
Absent
Decision
280
308
17
147
Rejected
3 corrections
283
305
17
147
Rejected

Terrorist Content - Amendment 160

Replace the 1 hour removal deadline with 'without undue delay'.

Votes

For
Against
Abstain
Absent
Decision
285
312
13
142
Rejected
3 corrections
288
309
13
142
Rejected

Terrorist Content - Amendment 161

Replace the 1 hour removal deadline with 'without undue delay'.

Votes

For
Against
Abstain
Absent
Decision
299
299
13
141
Rejected

Terrorist Content - Amendment 162

Replace the 1 hour removal deadline with 'without undue delay'.

Votes

For
Against
Abstain
Absent
Decision
299
295
12
146
Passed

Terrorist Content - Amendment 164

Replace the 1 hour removal deadline with a minimum of 8 hours.

Votes

For
Against
Abstain
Absent
Decision
262
310
29
150
Rejected
1 correction
262
311
29
150
Rejected

Terrorist Content - Proposition

Whether to accept or reject the proposition.

Votes

For
Against
Abstain
Absent
Decision
308
204
70
167
Passed
5 corrections
312
203
70
167
Passed