UK, France, Italy leaders in push for faster removal of extremist content

United Nations

THE leaders of Britain, France and Italy will push social media companies on Wednesday to remove "terrorist content" from the Internet within one to two hours of it appearing because they say that is the period when most material is spread.

British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni will raise the issue at an event on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.