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7363566-terrorism-word-collage-on-black-background-vector-illustrationYesterday evening (8 October), Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and Minister Angelino Alfano hosted an informal ministerial dinner, which brought together member states' home affairs ministers and senior representatives of Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft. The event was part of the forum announced by the Commission in its Communication from 15 January 2014, to discuss the challenges posed by terrorist propaganda on the internet.

The timing of the meeting coincides with the heightened online propaganda efforts directed at the Western audience by terrorist organizations operating in Iraq and Syria.

The participants discussed various possible ways of addressing the challenge. It was agreed to organise joint training and awareness-raising workshops for the representatives of the law enforcement authorities, internet industry and civil society.

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