[TheGuardian] UK ISPs to introduce jihadi and terror content reporting button

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BT, Virgin, Sky and Talk Talk all sign up for online initiative following intervention from Downing Street. […]

The UK’s major Internet service providers – BT, Virgin, Sky and Talk Talk – have this week committed to host a public reporting button for terrorist material online, similar to the reporting button which allows the public to report child sexual exploitation. […]

The UK is the only country in the world with a Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CITRU) – a 24/7 law enforcement unit, based in the Met, dedicated to identifying and taking down extreme graphic material as well as material that glorifies, incites and radicalises. […]

In an average week the unit is removing over 1,000 pieces of content that breaches the Terrorism Act 2006. Approximately 800 of these are Syria/Iraq related and posted on multiple platforms. […]

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/14/uk-isps-to-introduce-jihadi-and-terror-content-reporting-button