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BBC News: CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid Discusses Comments Made By U.K. Prime Minister May And The Need To Force Internet Companies To Be More Aggressive In Combating Extremist Content Online. “Russia said on Thursday it had warned the United States it would target areas in Syria where U...

“The CDA law that provides blanket legal protection for the things people post online was never intended to shield sex traffickers and other illegal and dangerous online activities. Technology companies believe they should continue to have the power of self-regulation, while ignoring the...

“The atmosphere at the Classy Hotel in Erbil, Iraq, has changed dramatically over the past two months. In July, as the Iraqi army stormed the ISIS stronghold of Mosul some 60 miles away, bands of roving war reporters lugged flak jackets and camera gear through the mahogany-veneered lobby...

“The first images of one of the suspects being held by U.K. police after the bomb blast on a London subway train on Friday have appeared in British media. Yahyah Farroukh, a 21-year-old from Syria, is being questioned under Britain's Terrorism Act, meaning that he is suspected of being...

“The services that help form an unofficial backbone for the internet are facing pressure to stop working with certain sites tied to extremism — a sign of the growing tension between the demands to crack down on content linked to violence and the internet's tradition of openness. The Counter...

“The hunt for ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is very much on. CNN has learned that at one point over the summer the US believed they had their best shot at killing the terrorist leader in an airstrike, according to several US officials. The strike, which has never been publicly disclosed,...

“The Islamic State, after losing ground in Syria and Iraq, is switching its attention to a different battleground: the Philippines. ISIS's media arm has released a seven-minute video in English that uses militants already in the southern part of the Philippines to encourage would-be fighters...

“Hany Farid is a senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and Albert Bradley 1915 Third Century Professor and Chair of Computer Science at Dartmouth College. Farid, the world’s leading authority on digital forensics and hashing technology, along with CEP, created eGLYPH,...

“Russia is to send 175 de-mining engineers to defuse mines in Syria’s Deir al-Zor, Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s Defence Ministry as saying. The first detachment of 40 de-miners has already been deployed to Russia’s Hmeimim air base in Syria, the ministry said. Syrian...

“A report by the bipartisan Counter Extremism Project states, “KH earned a reputation for planting deadly roadside bombs and using improvised rocket-assisted mortars (IRAMs) to attack U.S. and coalition forces. ‘According to U.S. diplomat Ali Khedery, KH is responsible for ‘...