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Islamic State web infrastructure takedown

November 2019, Terrorism and extremism

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

Web/media distribution infrastructure disrupted.

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What happened to the people?

No individual outcomes are recorded against this entry.
Group accounted for: Not applicable

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Did it stay down?

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

See what happened afterward

A renewed EU judicial/law-enforcement operation again targeted Islamic State web infrastructure, building on the 2018 Amaq action.

Date
November 2019
Target
Islamic State web/media infrastructure, terrorist propaganda infrastructure
Activity
Terrorism and extremism
Operational lead
Not established
Partners
Europol[1]
Jurisdiction
Not established
Outcome
Web/media distribution infrastructure disrupted.
Status
Completed
Legal mechanism
Coordinated national judicial/search-and-seizure authority.
Group accounted for
Not applicable

No individual is named against this entry in the cited record. That is a gap in what has been published rather than a finding that nobody was involved.

Group accounted for: Not applicable

The cited record does not say how large the group was or whether everyone involved has been identified.

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Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

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Official sources

  1. [1]
    Coordinated action against Islamic State online propaganda infrastructure

    Europol, November 25, 2019, Source grade P2

    Establishes the renewed 2019 EU-coordinated action against Islamic State web infrastructure.

    No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Added from deep-research aggregation pass. Not independently re-verified source-by-source to the same standard as the original 38-incident core; source_quality capped at S2/P2 pending a dedicated verification pass.