January 10th, 2022
Family of a woman beheaded in Morocco said they have been repeatedly harassed online with footage of the killing;
France and Germany already require social media companies to remove illegal content within a day.
LONDON: Authorities in Denmark are moving ahead with plans to force Facebook and other social media companies to remove illegal posts within 24 hours, after it emerged that the grieving relatives of a victim of terrorism were repeatedly sent videos of her execution.
Danish backpacker Louisa Vesterager Jespersen was beheaded by Daesh-aligned terrorists in Morocco in 2018. There was a public outcry in her home country when it was revealed that her mother and sister have been bombarded on social media by video footage of the decapitation, often uploaded by anonymous accounts.
REFER TO PAST FACEBOOK'S FAILURES TO MANAGE POSTINGS OF EXTREME VIOLENCE: