CEP in the News

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Juli 4, 2020

"Another study, this time by the US-based Counter Extremism Project, released in 2018, noted that Facebook has helped Daesh grow fast by connecting its members with others with similar extremist views. The study, which analysed the online behaviour...

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Juni 30, 2020

"Joshua Fisher-Birch, research analyst at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), says it's unclear why Telegram does not take action against these specific violent White supremacist channels. 'The fact that they do not take action, despite these...

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Juni 30, 2020

"'We have gotten to a tipping point,' said Hany Farid, a professor at University of California-Berkeley. 'The Trump administration, Covid, Black Lives Matter, the ugliness social media is surfacing -- I think people finally realize this is not OK...

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Juni 30, 2020

"Her comments came as the CEP published a report called 'The Creation, Weaponisation and Detection of Deep Fakes'. "The report’s author, Professor Hany Farid from the University of California at Berkeley, explained that deep fakes, which see famous...

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Juni 30, 2020

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid: "In five years, I expect us to have long since reached the boiling point that leads to reining in an almost entirely unregulated technology sector to contend with how technology has been weaponized against...

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Juni 29, 2020

"And Josh Lipowsky, a senior research analyst at the Counter Extremism Project, warned of the consequences for other cases if Tajideen is released early. 'This release risks setting a precedent for the early release of designated terrorists. And we...

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Juni 27, 2020

"Josh Lipowsky, a senior research analyst at the Counter Extremism Project, a non-profit group that tracks extremism, said releasing Tajideen could set a precedent with unknown consequences. 'This release risks setting a precedent for the early...

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Juni 26, 2020

"In May, the White supremacist group Rise Above Movement launched its own Telegram channel, which, according to the Countering Extremism Project, features anti-Semitism and anti-migration themes."

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Juni 26, 2020

"'Amazon is just as much to blame as Twitch for allowing this stream online,' said Hans-Jakob Schindler of the Counter Extremism Project at the time. 'Online platforms need to step up and stop their services being used and in turn, parent companies...

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Juni 25, 2020

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid's testimony before Congress referenced: "Appearing virtually before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce UC Berkeley professor and expert in digital forensics Dr. Hany Farid testified that Facebook has a toxic...