The CounterPoint Blog

August 31, 2026 Subkhan Aripov

Anti-Tech Extremism and the Data Center Challenge

Anti-Tech Extremism and the Data Center Challenge Counterterrorism debates on artificial intelligence have focused mainly on how extremists might use AI to produce propaganda, evade moderation, improve audience targeting, and lower the practical...

August 14, 2026 Josh Lipowsky

Marking Five Years of Taliban Rule

On August 15, 2021, the Taliban violently seized control of Afghanistan from its democratically elected government. In the five years since, the Taliban have drastically curbed human rights in Afghanistan, including barring higher education for women...