Thursday, May 31, 2007

EU to strengthen surveillance of terrorist websites / EUObserver, 31 May 2007
http://euobserver.com/9/24162/?rk=1
Helena Spongenberg
"The European Union wants to strengthen its monitoring of militant Islamic websites, saying the internet plays a major role in the running and communication network of terrorist organisations. EU ambassadors gathering for their weekly meeting in Brussels on Wednesday (30 May) decided that a newly established online police portal "needs to be further strengthened" to combat terrorism. The high-security portal - named "Check the Web" - was launched earlier this month and allows the 27 EU states to pool data on Islamist propaganda and internet chatter at the European Police Office (Europol) in The Hague."