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National Legislation to Counter Online Terrorism Content

Katy Vaughan Orcid Logo

Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Terrorism Law

Swansea University Author: Katy Vaughan Orcid Logo

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Recent years have seen increasing efforts to regulate online content with the view to addressing a variety of risks and harms, including terrorism. The conviction that reliance on industry efforts to self-regulate is insufficient has led to the implementation of national legislation to counter onlin...

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Published in: Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Terrorism Law
ISBN: 978 1 03533 706 4
Published: Edward Elgar Publishing
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Abstract: Recent years have seen increasing efforts to regulate online content with the view to addressing a variety of risks and harms, including terrorism. The conviction that reliance on industry efforts to self-regulate is insufficient has led to the implementation of national legislation to counter online terrorism content. This entry provides an overview of different regulatory frameworks. There lies a tension between on the one hand the protection of the fundamental principle of a free open and secure internet. And, on the other hand terrorists exploit a variety of online services which make it easier to disseminate online terrorism content globally.
Keywords: terrorist content; online terrorism content; online safety; regulation; content moderation; freedom of expression.
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences