Criminalize websites that won't delete terrorist content, say European legislators

Companies that host or operate websites should be held criminally liable if they fail to remove content that incites terrorism, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted Wednesday. But they also want these companies to voluntarily cooperate with governments to promote "anti-radicalization messages."

MEPs voted on a report written by former French Minister of Justice Rachida Dati for Parliament's Civil Liberies, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, which included a chapter on preventing online terrorist radicalization.

While it might look like a knee-jerk reaction to the terrorist attacks in and around Paris on Nov. 13, the report is actually -- as Dati herself explained -- a response to the attack on the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in January.

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