Europe Wide Police Unit To Be Established To Block Islamic State Social Media Accounts

The unit aims to shut down the accounts within two hours of them being discovered

IBTimes: Special Euro-wide Police Unit Will Hunt down Isis Social Media Accounts

A special Europe-wide police unit is reportedly being set up to hunt down social media accounts affiliated to the Islamic State (Isis) terrorist group.

The Islamic State militants have been extensively using Twitter as its main source of propaganda outlet to increase its support base across the world. The terrorist group has been using social media for publicising its beheading videos, messages and pictorial reports.

WNU Editor: Their goal is to block Islamic State social media accounts within 2 hours .... I wish them luck.

More News On A Europe Wide Police Unit To Be Established To Block Islamic State Social Media Accounts

Europe-wide police unit to monitor Islamic State social media -- The Telegraph
Europol web unit to hunt extremists behind Isis social media propaganda -- The Guardian
Islamic State web accounts to be blocked by new police team -- BBC
New European police unit will block Islamic State social media accounts -- i24 News
Europe and ISIS Conduct Warfare on Twitter -- Arutz Sheva