"Between 200 and 400 online platforms are currently hosting content that could lead to terrorist radicalisation, the European Commission has said. Dr Hany Farid, a senior adviser for Counter Extremism Project (CEP), recently told EURACTIV that most...

ICYMI: “Facebook, YouTube and social media are failing society. Pull their ads until they change.”

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid, the world’s leading authority on digital forensics and hashing technology, argued in an op-ed published in USA Today on March 4 that it was time for the corporate CEO’s whose advertising dollars propel social media...

CEP German Language Report Calculates the Costs of Extremism

In the German language report Die Kosten des Extemismus (Costs of Extremism) , the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), in partnership with the Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security (BIGS), tackles the complex task of defining violent extremism...

CEP Senior Policy Advisor Dr. Hany Farid writes: "Social media companies have failed us. How do we fix an industry that has proven that it is unwilling or unable to govern itself? We have tried scathing exposes in the media, #deleteFacebook...

"Being a member or inviting support for Lebanon’s Hezbollah became illegal March 1 in the United Kingdom, carrying a possible prison sentence of up to 10 years. The move came after UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid formally designated Hezbollah as a...

"As ISIS fighters and their families gather in makeshift camps in eastern Syria, the international community is grappling with the dilemma of what to do with 850 men and a few thousand women accused of loyalty to a group responsible for genocide and...

"The United States has announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the capture of Hamza bin Laden, son of the late Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden. A notice posted on the State Department’s Rewards for Justice website on Thursday...

"A U.S. government decision this month to deny an American-born Islamic State bride's request to return home has renewed debate over the fate of American citizens who have traveled to join IS in Iraq and Syria, with some experts saying the case could...

"In October 2018, Cloudflare stood out by continuing to support the chat platform Gab–infamous for racist chatter, including a post by Robert Bowers, who was charged with murdering 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue on October 27. Infrastructure...

"Cloudflare, a San Francisco content delivery network rumored to be prepping for a $3.5 billion IPO, is no stranger to controversy over its absolutist free-speech policies–and often embraces the debate. The latest flashpoint was a December Huffington...