Tech & Terrorism: New Study Confirms YouTube Algorithm Promotes Misinformation, Conspiracies, Extremism

YouTube’s recommended videos algorithm suggests extremist content, misinformation, and conspiracy theories to its users, according to a new report by the Mozilla Foundation. The results were based on a crowdsourced research project that enabled...

Al-Shabaab Continues Terror Attacks, Further Disrupting Somalia’s Elections

Al-Qaeda-aligned terrorist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing last week that targeted Somali intelligence and security headquarters, leaving at least 10 dead and dozens of others injured. The bombing is the second deadly...

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in June 2021

Following is the June 2021 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. Previous editions of ISIS Redux can be viewed through the following links: May , April...

Extremist Content Online: Facebook, Instagram Found To Host Violent & Antisemitic Accounts

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. White supremacist and antisemitic content was located on Facebook and...

"NGOs HateAid and The Counter Extremism Project urged Ireland, Finland, and Sweden to strengthen their demands that online platforms take down illegal content in the EU’s content moderation bill. In a letter sent today to the three countries’ justice...

"Over the past two months, lawmakers in the UK and Europe have introduced a number of major new bills aimed at curbing the malicious role that Big Tech plays in the spread of extremist and terrorist content online, writes Counter Extremism Executive...

"A report by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) think tank urges officials to be "concerned" about the risk of Western far-right extremists connecting with paramilitaries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)."

"The Counter Extremism Project, which monitors extremist activity online, said: 'CEP researchers identified a video posted on Streamable consisting of a recreation of the Christchurch terrorist attack video in the online video game Roblox, as well as...

CEP Webinar with Dr. Hany Farid: How algorithmic amplification pushes users towards divisive content on social media platforms

On Wednesday, June 30, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) hosted the first in a series of webinars with Dr. Hany Farid, senior advisor to CEP and professor at UC Berkeley. Dr. Farid was joined by German MEP Tiemo Wölken, the coordinator for the...

CEP Webinar with Dr. Hany Farid | Algorithmic Amplification of Divisive Content on Tech Platforms

On June 30, 2021, CEP hosted the first in a series of webinars with CEP Senior Advisor and UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Hany Farid. Misinformation and polarizing views have always existed, but the Internet and social media have accelerated the speed and...