News and Media

"Mastodon was launched as a decentralized, social justice friendly Twitter alternative that was free of Nazis and harassment. But two years later, the biggest Mastodon instance is now Gab, a far-right social media network known widely as a gathering space for white supremacists. 'Gab has...

"On Tuesday, Iran threatened the United States, warning that it would destroy American military bases and aircraft carriers 'if they make a mistake.' As The Counter Extremism Project has noted: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is tasked with preserving the Islamic Republic...

"A professor at the University of California, Berkeley on Tuesday warned that deepfake technology is being used to target women and create nonconsensual pornography. 'These aren’t abstract notions,' Hany Farid, who is also a senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project, told...

“Pastor Steven Anderson uses his pulpit as his hate platform and justifies his extremist views in the name of religion. Banned from half a dozen countries across the globe, the US-born hate preacher has lauded the 2016 Orlando massacre, publicly prayed for the death of former US President...

CEP Research and Policy Analyst Alan Goldsmith writes: "June 26 marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, commemorated on the anniversary of the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture. For many imprisoned Iranians, it was yet another day of torture...

“Telegram has been criticised for not acting fast enough to identify and block ISIS and other extremist groups from its platform. In February, the Counter Extremism Project said six years after the app’s founding, it remained 'a terrorists’ platform of choice for the...

"A 'dangerous hate' app linked to the Muslim Brotherhood has been in the top 100 downloads in the Apple store in a third of European countries since its launch, despite international calls for it to be banned. The Euro Fatwa app, which was launched in April, was created by the European...

"Loopholes in U.N. Security Council sanctions procedures are allowing blacklisted al Qaeda and Islamic State terrorists and their supporters to tap their bank accounts despite a U.N. asset freeze, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and people familiar with the matter...

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid writes: "Fake news is not new, nor are its deadly consequences. What is new, thanks to the internet and social media, is their reach and frequency. Today, misinformation propagates around the world at the speed of light. From small- to large-scale fraud, to...

CEP Senior Diplomatic Advisor Ambassador Marc Ginsberg writes: "In another ploy to throw circling regulators off its scent, YouTube declared it will remove thousands of videos and channels that advocate neo-Nazi white nationalism and other uber right wing content. It joins its social media...