"But while YouTube is trying to remove violent videos, their site is passively helping in radicalising the disaffected in other ways, according to experts. It does so by creating a rabbit-hole effect, drawing viewers in to related videos with an...

"Neo-Nazi groups have been allowed to remain on Facebook because the social media giant found they did not violate its 'community standards', it has been revealed. Counter Extremism Project report, seen exclusively by The Independent, showed the same...

Extremist Content Online: A Week After Facebook Livestream, New Zealand Shooting Video Lives Online

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms. This edition spotlights the tech companies that allowed the Christchurch terrorist’s live-streamed attack to remain online for over a week and...

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid discusses the failure of Facebook to prevent more than 300,000 copies of the New Zealand massacre video from being reuploaded. "The repeated uploading is an absolute failure and its inexcusable because we have the...

CEP Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid on NPR

CEP Senior Advisor and a leading expert on digital forensics Dr. Hany Farid was interviewed by National Public Radio (NPR) about tech companies’ failure to prevent the reuploading of the New Zealand attack video.

"Though acts of terrorism take place in the real world, they attain a kind of online afterlife. Materials like those from the recent Christchurch shooting proliferate as supporters upload them to any media platform they can reach. Lawmakers in Europe...

Illicit Art and Antiquities Could Be Financing Terrorist Activities

The demand for antiquities and other cultural property sold through online retailers and social media has skyrocketed since 2015—the sales volume is estimated to reach $9.58 billion in 2020, according to a 2017 policy brief published by the...

Following New Zealand Tragedy, CEP Re-Issues Challenge to Mark Zuckerberg to Discuss Tech Issues With Top Experts

In the wake of the tragic shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand that took the lives of 50 and injured dozens of others, CEP re-issued a challenge to Facebook Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to join top CEP advisors for a public...

Facebook’s Much-Touted Improvements to Remove Extremist Content Fail in Wake of New Zealand Attack

Weeks before the New Zealand shootings were live-streamed on Facebook, the company's top executives were touting Artificial Intelligence as key to the company's efforts to improve its safety and security processes. Yet Facebook’s AI algorithms did...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses right wing extremism and social media's role in creating the environment that led to the New Zealand attacks. The interview begins at the 30-minute mark of the broadcast.