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National Legislation to Counter Online Terrorism Content

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Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Terrorism Law

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Recent years have seen increasing efforts to regulate online content with the view to addressing a variety of risks and harms, including terrorism. The conviction that reliance on industry efforts to self-regulate is insufficient has led to the implementation of national legislation to counter onlin...

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Published in: Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Terrorism Law
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