Israel-Palestine Crisis: How tech companies can keep violent content offline

The crisis in Israel-Palestine has placed sharp and sudden emphasis on the regulatory obligations on tech platforms to address terrorist content. We present here some resources to help the tech sector navigate those obligations. 

Tech Against Terrorism has initiated its proactive crisis mechanism to monitor online terrorist activity and help tech platforms review their procedures in times of crisis. 

In addition, the following resources clarify the regulatory implications of the present crisis and examine in greater depth some of the issues which tech platforms may currently be facing.

• Tech Against Terrorism’s position on the current crisis.
• Our Incident and Crisis Response policy.
• Our Inclusion Policy on Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (IQB).
• Our Inclusion Policy on Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
• See our Online Regulation Series to learn more about obligations under the EU Terrorist Content Online regulation, EU Digital Services Act, UK Online Safety Bill, and more.
• To understand the European Union’s regulation framework, see the Terrorist Content Online (TCO) Regulation interactive guide.
• For information on the designation of terrorist organisations, here is our latest report.
• For general insights on terrorists use of the internet, listen to our podcast episode. 

Tech Against Terrorism works with tech platforms to develop effective policies to disrupt terrorist activity online in line with their regulatory obligations. Find out more.