CEP in the News

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März 16, 2020

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid on his work in image forensics and deepfakes: "After all, says Farid, 'if we did not have a delivery mechanism for deepfakes in the form of social media, this would not be a threat that we are concerned about.'"

News

März 15, 2020

"The Christchurch attack was live-streamed on Facebook for 17 minutes, and copies of the footage were later shared on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Instagram. Millions of copies of the footage were later taken down but many remain...

News

März 14, 2020

"Researchers at the Counter Extremism Project have identified at least 14 different websites where footage of the Christchurch terror attack can be accessed, a year after the shootings took place, Marc Daalder reports."

News

März 13, 2020

"Millions of copies of the footage were later taken down but despite that videos of the attack still remain online, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) said in a statement on Saturday. CEP, a private group that monitors and reports extremist content...

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März 13, 2020

"'I think what he’s doing is very realistic, and it makes sense for the American context,' said Lara Pham, the deputy director of the Counter Extremism Project, which helped advise Rose’s office on the bill."

News

März 3, 2020

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid quoted: "'We are probably at the tip of the iceberg,' said Hany Farid, a digital forensics expert at the University of California, Berkeley. 'These things typically start on 4chan and other fringe sites, and by the...

News

März 2, 2020

“'It is a technological problem, but it is really at the end of the day also a policy problem,' said Hany Farid, a computer science professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and co-author of the study."

News

März 2, 2020

"Die großen Internetplattformen löschen offenbar nur einen Teil der problematischen Inhalte, die bei ihnen publiziert werden. Das ist das Ergebnis einer stichprobenartigen Untersuchung des Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Berlin."

News

Februar 27, 2020

"David Daoud, an analyst for the Counter Extremism Project, a non-profit NGO that works to combat extremist groups, told Al Arabiya English that while Hezbollah may have been hit by US sanctions, the group has five annual charity drives, and their...

News

Februar 27, 2020

"Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, a senior director with the Counter Extremism Project, says there were likely different reasons for the similarities in attack tactics between Hanau and Christchurch."

Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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