Europol flags 4,340 URLs for removal in 'The Com' crackdown

Europol coordinated a multi-week operation across nine countries that flagged 4,340 URLs linked to "The Com", a decentralized network of nihilistic violent extremist and criminal subgroups involved in grooming, child sexual exploitation, violent content, and cybercrime (including ransomware and network intrusions). The action, organized by the EU Internet Referral Unit and Spain's CITCO and linked to Project Compass, aimed to disrupt The Com's online ecosystem, limit dissemination of harmful content, and generate investigative leads; prior related efforts produced arrests and identified suspects and victims.