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What made Europeans join global jihad? On April 8 in New York, GLOBSEC and the Counter Extremism Project will host an event to present research findings into the pathways and patterns of individual jihadists who joined the terrorism movement, as a first step toward the design of sustainable prevention strategies. The event will be begin at 3 p.m at Convene, 780 Third Avenue, 18th Floor Union Square Hub.

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 allowed reuploads of the deleted video. Additionally, it chronicles the online resurgence of white supremacist groups, such as Atomwaffen Division and Identity Evropa .

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 not stop the live-streamed attack from being uploaded more than one million times. Said CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid: "Facebook did nothing until law enforcement alerted the company to the New Zealand livestream and struggled to prevent the re-upload of the horrific video."

CEP issued the following statements today to mark the March 22 joint anniversary of the 2017 Westminster Bridge attack and the 2016 Brussels bombings, which together claimed 37 innocent lives.

What made Europeans join global jihad? On April 8 in New York, GLOBSEC and the Counter Extremism Project will host an event to present research findings into the pathways and patterns of individual jihadists who joined the terrorism movement, as a first step toward the design of sustainable prevention strategies. The event will be begin at 3 p.m at Convene, 780 Third Avenue, 18th Floor Union Square Hub.