Belgium
contributes
to tackling
terrorist
propaganda
with Europol
Oracle improves De Lijn buses
and trams service in Belgium
O
n July 9 and 10 2018, Europol’s Internet
Referral Unit (EU IRU) organised
the 10th joint Referral Action Days with
colleagues from specialised units from
Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands
and the United Kingdom. This time,
the campaign was focused on different
platforms belonging to Google and was
attended by representatives of the company.
This coordinated action against online
terrorist propaganda focused mainly on the
production of terrorist materials produced by
the so-called ‘Islamic State’ and ‘al-Qaeda’
and their sympathisers. Among the items
referred were propaganda videos and social
media accounts glorifying or supporting
terrorism and violent extremism.
Since the creation of the EU IRU, Europol
has enjoyed excellent cooperation with
Google in tackling terrorism online. The
event was an opportunity for all parties to
review the kind of content that terrorist
groups attempt to disseminate online and
further improve the referral process with
the common aim of ensuring that material
glorifying terrorism would be removed
from the Internet as soon as possible. As
concluded by the Google representatives:
“We found the action days productive and
useful; good progress was made in how we
continue to work together.”
Referrals of terrorist content detected by
the law enforcement specialists were swiftly
reviewed by respective platforms. It is
however, important to emphasise that the
final removal of the referred material is a
voluntary activity by the platforms, taking into
consideration their own terms and conditions.
During the Referral Action Days, Europol
promotes a coordinated approach to
fighting terrorist propaganda online. Similar
joint action, involving EU Member States and
online industry partners, will continue to be
organised on a regular basis.
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sers of buses and trams in Belgium
can look forward to a transport
system supported by a faster, more
reliable and flexible IT backbone
following the selection of Oracle to
implement its latest Exadata cloud
technology to support the 500 million
journeys on De Lijn’s network each year.
In selecting Oracle Exadata technology
to run Oracle databases, De Lijn is taking
advantage of the most optimal way to
run its IT systems.
By migrating to a private cloud model,
the company is able to benefit from
a flexible pricing model and can be
reassured that it is always running on the
latest technology, secured and managed
24/7 by Oracle.
The new operating environment will also
streamline and provide transparency
into licenses so that De Lijn optimises its
technology investment.
Due to the integrated nature of Oracle
technology, it has been possible to migrate
the first set of databases in only a matter
of weeks, without any disruption of service.
“The Oracle Exadata solution will help
us improve the way we engage with
passengers and manage the buses and
trams,” said Lode Schrauwen, Head of
Infrastructure at De Lijn. “Moreover, the
migration to cloud provides De Lijn with
access to latest technology and with a
better business model to get insight in
licenses we were looking for.”
“As ticketing and dispatch systems
become digitised, passengers expect De
Lijn to run a system that is both robust
and rapid,” said Jan Wauters, Sales
Director Systems at Oracle Belgium.
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