The rule of law applies online just as much as offline. We cannot accept a digital Wild West, and we must act, said Jourova.
BRUSSELS: The European Commission outlined how firms like Google, Facebook and Twitter should remove illegal content more quickly from the Web, increasing pressure on the companies to do more.
The spread of illegal content on the Web, whether because it infringes copyright, involves counterfeit goods or contains threatening material, has sparked a heated debate in Europe between those who want online media firms to do more to tackle it and those who fear it could impinge on free speech.
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