EU anti-terror czar: Video games are ‘under-regulated’

De Kerchove said video games can be ‘an alternative way to spread ideology, especially of the extreme right’ and also ‘a way to launder money... there are currencies created in games that can be exchanged for legal tender’. — 123rf.com

BRUSSELS: Online video games can be used to propagate extremist ideologies and even prepare attacks, the EU’s anti-terrorist coordinator told AFP in an interview in which he urged more regulation.

The official, Gilles de Kerchove, made the argument ahead of the European Commission’s presentation on Dec 9 of a proposed Digital Services Act that aims to rein in Big Tech excesses and Internet hate speech.