Tech and Terrorism
Organized Antisemitism And Neo-Nazism Remains On YouTube, Instagram, And Twitter
Over the past week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has identified neo-Nazi and antisemitic extremist content on major social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook-owned Instagram, and Twitter, which corresponds to a reported 80 percent...
U.K. Accuses Alleged Leader Of Sonnenkrieg Division Of Terrorism, Antisemitism
The alleged leader of the white supremacy group Sonnenkrieg Division (SKD), Andrew Dymock, is standing trial in the U.K. on a string of terrorism offenses relating to the promotion of the neo-Nazi System Resistance Network (SRN), a banned far-right...
Antisemitism Continues To Proliferate On Facebook
Facebook executives have attempted to cultivate an image for the company centered on the appearance of high standards of responsibility, transparency, and consistency, but it consistently fails in all three areas. Facebook has failed to sufficiently...
U.S. Senate Subcommittee Examines Role Algorithmic Amplification Plays In Driving Extremist Content
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law held a hearing today on algorithmic amplification and its role in spreading extremist content on social media platforms. Among those testifying were Facebook’s Vice President...
Tech Companies That Algorithmically Amplify Terrorist Content Should Not Receive Section 230 Immunity
As calls for reform to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act continue, lawmakers in Congress have begun shifting their approach from attempting major reform to tailoring it to individual types of content. For instance, one proposal would...
DOJ Indicts North Korean Operatives For Cryptocurrency Extortion Through Cyberwarfare
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed an indictment against three intelligence operatives from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The individuals are accused of conspiring to steal and extort cash and...
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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
In Their Own Words:
The Hispanic population is willing to return to their home countries if given the right incentive. An incentive that myself and many other patriotic Americans will provide… [terrorist attacks will] remove the threat of the Hispanic voting bloc.
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