Austria plans to oblige large internet platforms like Facebook and Google to delete illegal content within days and impose fines of up to 10 million euros ($12 million) in case of non-compliance, the government said on Thursday (3 September).
Austria is currently drawing up an online hate speech law that will target platforms with a threshold of over 100,000 users and annual revenues of more than 500,000 euros. The law will force the largest internet companies to swiftly take down illegal content (within days) and impose fines of up to 10 million euros ($12 million) in case of non-compliance. Read more from Euractiv.
