The European Union plans on fining social media platforms that take more than 1 hour to remove extremist content.

The European Union plans on fining social media platforms that take more than 1 hour to remove extremist content. The upcoming legislation takes previous voluntary guidelines a step further. The EU said the new regulation would apply to websites of all sizes. Experts say terrorist organizations have used social media platforms to disseminate their content online. Companies say they have already started using AI and a shared database to trace and remove extremist content quickly.