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UK: Extremists to have Facebook and Twitter vetted by anti-terror police - Theresa May to announce new Extremist Disruption Orders to strengthen counter-terrorism if the Tories win the next general election

01 October 2014

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"Extremists will have to get posts on Facebook and Twitter approved in advance by the police under sweeping rules planned by the Conservatives. They will also be barred from speaking at public events if they represent a threat to “the functioning of democracy”, under the new Extremist Disruption Orders."

See the article: Extremists to have Facebook and Twitter vetted by anti-terror police - Theresa May to announce new Extremist Disruption Orders to strengthen counter-terrorism if the Tories win the next general election (Daily Telegraph, link)

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