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<p>This Government takes extremely seriously the threat from those that post online
terrorist and extremist material.</p><p>In the UK, our dedicated police Counter Terrorism
Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) proactively identifies and refers online terrorist
and extremist content to communication service providers for removal. Since its inception
in February 2010, CTIRU has secured the removal of more than 220,000 pieces of terrorist-related
content. Its work has a global impact as content is removed by industry from their
social media platforms world-wide.</p><p>Internationally, the UK assisted in the establishment
of the European Internet Referrals Unit (EUIRU) which replicates the UK model at European
level and services all Member States. The Unit went live on 1 July 2015 and has focused
on a broad range of non-English language content, including Arabic, French and German.
Since its creation, the EUIRU has secured the removal of over 12,000 pieces of terrorist-related
content.</p>
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