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CEP Executive Director David Ibsen quoted: “What is not tolerated in public space should not be tolerated in social media [...] the recent surge of terrorist attacks in France shows that, more than ever before that, we need to crack down on the...
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks with Dr. Justine Walker on ACAMS "Sanctions Space" podcat. Dr. Schindler, a former Coordinator of the ISIL (Da’esh), al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Team of the United Nations Security...
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"Others call for the authorities to adopt a harder approach. As Slovakia has done, the criminalisation of far-right networks should be approached through the counterterrorism lens, said Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism...
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"The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, is classified by the Counter Extremism Project as a military, terrorist, transnational and violent group. The US government also officially designated the IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation in...
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CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace writes, "Counter-extremism and even online counterterrorism efforts require nuanced understanding and well-designed programmes based on well-founded theories of change. Such programmes are regularly evaluated and...
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CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler spoke with JJ Green of WTOP's The Hunt about the beheading of a school teacher in France: "What you see here is that hate speech online actually kills people offline. There is a clear line between what...
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"During a webinar for the Counter Extremism Project on 'The current threat landscape in Afghanistan,' Mr Fitton-Brown said ties between the two organisations remain. 'Al Qaeda senior figures remain in Afghanistan as well as hundreds of armed...
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"The legislation has early support from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the Counter Extremism Project and the Anti-Defamation League. The bill does not yet have support in the Senate."
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"UC Berkley professor Dr. Hany Farid, a senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project, called the Eshoo-Malinowski bill 'an important measure' that would 'hold the technology sector accountable for irresponsibly deploying algorithms that amplify...
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"Hans-Jakob Schindler, director at the Counter Extremism Project, said tech companies were failing to tackle extremist content. 'The CEP is very critical of the tech industry for its failings to adequately monitor and moderate its products so that...
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