Will Facebook, Google and Twitter ban jihadists from using their platforms?

Nine European countries are meeting in Milan on July 8 to discuss coordinating action to prevent jihadists returning from Syria to utilize social media to spread their jihad message. Over two thousand Europeans have voluntarily gone to Syria to fight Asaad.

Ivo Opstelten, the Dutch minister of security and justice, said the companies must make greater efforts to ban Islamic militants from using their platforms for recruitment and propaganda.

"Many companies might have [clauses against jihadist statements] in their terms of service, but they don't act," he said in a letter to lawmakers. "These companies must live up to their own rules on postings and delete propaganda of violent jihadists," he said.

Frau Katz has more here.