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European Police Will Patrol Social Media

Internet firms also face an array of new obligations to monitor their services for extremist material, according to a document about the"Clean IT" initiative seen by The Telegraph.

“It must be legal for police officers to ‘patrol’ on social media. This includes having a profile, joining user groups, sending and receiving messages, on the platform," the document says.

Source: Telegraph. Read full article. (link)

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