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<p>This Government has been clear there should be no safe space online for terrorists
and their supporters to radicalise, recruit, incite, or inspire. The UK has been at
the forefront of the online battle against extremist and terrorist material. The dedicated
police Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) refers content that they assess
as contravening UK terrorism legislation to industry and have secured the removal
of over 280,000 pieces of terrorist-related material since its inception in February
2010.</p><p>This government continue to work with technology companies to encourage
them to be more proactive in tackling terrorist material on the internet. Following
a roundtable with the Home Secretary on 30 March 2017, Twitter, Facebook, Google and
Microsoft announced they would look at options for establishing a global industry
led forum specifically focussed on tackling online terrorist content. The Global Internet
Forum to Counter Terrorism was formally launched on 26 June 2017. We continue to engage
regularly with industry and international partners to ensure the forum will have a
truly sustained and positive impact in tackling the evolving online threat posed by
terrorists.</p>
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