Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter have agreed to hide illegal online hate speech from EU users of their platforms within 24 hours of receiving official notification of it. It’s a response to the challenge of ensuring that online platforms don’t offer opportunities for illegal online speech to spread virally. European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Vra Jourov welcomed the commitment. Two Brussels-based civil rights lobby groups have pulled out of the European Commission’s “EU Internet Forum” in protest at the content of the agreement.”]