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"Ian Acheson, a former prison governor and senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, said the official narrative that the far-right is the fastest growing threat is a 'comfort blanket' obscuring the 'patently more potent threat of Islamist...
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CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy interviewed: "It's not just about punishing terrorists. We should also see it as prison serves the function of not just rehabilitation or punishment, but also taking away the most dangerous elements of society."
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"'Sen. Luján’s proposed legislation is a crucial measure that will help hold the technology sector accountable for recklessly deploying algorithms that amplify dangerous and extremist content. These companies have relied on algorithms to maximize...
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"New York's Counter Extremism Project charity says 110 individuals and 33 organisations linked to terrorism also had connections to Choudary"
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "The outcome of this cringingly careful triangulation is a system overwhelmed with trivial referrals, with the hard edges of national security blunted by layers of bureaucracy and philosophical differences...
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CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy writes: "It seems every new extremist attack we face is followed by the almost inevitable, gut-wrenching news: the attacker was known to authorities."
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CEP Advisory Board members Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'Just because it’s out of sight and out of mind, which it is for the vast majority of Americans, doesn’t mean it’s not a very serious problem,' said Nathan Sales, who oversaw efforts to...
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: "Hezbollah is blacklisted as a terrorist organisation by numerous countries, including the United States and the UK since 2019. But the EU has only designated Hezbollah’s military wing, not the...
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"Others expressed support for the bill, including Dr. Hany Farid, senior advisor at UC Berkeley's Counter Extremism Project. 'By hiding behind a distorted interpretation of a three-decade old regulation crafted at the dawn of the modern internet, the...
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CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid quoted: "'By hiding behind a distorted interpretation of a three-decade old regulation crafted at the dawn of the modern internet, the titans of tech have escaped responsibility for their dangerous and deadly...
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.