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May 22, 2019

CEP’s Dr. Hany Farid: “Blame has to be with the Social Media Companies that are Designed to Promote” Fake News

CEP today released the f ifth of a nine-part video series featuring CEP Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid, titled "Fake News." Dr. Farid asserts that the blame for the proliferation of fake news online has to be shouldered squarely by tech companies like...

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May 20, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Atomwaffen Division Continues Uploads on YouTube

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week’s edition finds that several tech companies, including Google-owned YouTube, have failed to...

Press Release

May 20, 2019

Zuckerberg’s 99 Percent Myth: Extremist Content Removal Claims False & Misleading

Since 2017, Facebook has announced to the public, shareholders and the U.S. Congress that it removes “99 percent” of Al Qaeda and ISIS-related content from its platforms. However, a recent Associated Press investigation into Whistleblower claims to...

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May 17, 2019

Facebook’s Belated Response to Christchurch Massacre Mirrors Previous Reactive Policy Changes

A day ahead of the launch of the Christchurch Call to Action in Paris, a voluntary commitment by governments and tech companies to combat online extremism, Facebook announced new policies concerning the misuse of Facebook Live. Facebook’s attempt to...

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May 16, 2019

CEP’s Dr. Hany Farid: Tech Companies Have Failed “To Recognize Abuses on Their Platform”

CEP today released the fourth of a nine-part video series featuring CEP Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid. In this week’s video, titled “Misuse ,” Dr. Farid states that tech companies have time and again failed to recognize misuses of their platform by...

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May 15, 2019

Christchurch Call Must Be Backed by Laws and Regulations to Force Tech to Eliminate Extremism and Terrorism Online

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen issued a statement today supporting the 'Christchurch Call,' but cautioning that a voluntary approach is not enough when it comes to removing terrorist content and hate speech from social media. The statement read...

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May 13, 2019

Whistleblower Finds Facebook Deceived Public on Claims of Extremist Content Removal

According to a whistleblower’s complaint to the S ecurities and Exchange Commission, Facebook has been misleading the public and its shareholders about the efficacy of its content moderation efforts. CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in April t hat...

Press Release

May 9, 2019

CEP Statement on “It’s Time to Break Up Facebook”: “We Agree.”

CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace today issued a statement in response to an op-ed by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes published in the New York Times that called for the breakup of Facebook. The statement read: “We agree.”

Press Release

May 9, 2019

CEP’s Dr. Hany Farid: “Developing Technology to Moderate Content is not a Moneymaking Adventure”

CEP today released the third in a nine-part video series featuring CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid , titled "eGLYPH." In the video, Dr. Farid explains the origin of the digital hashing technology he developed with CEP that analyzes images, audio...

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May 8, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: Big Tech Spends Millions to Shape Possible Regulation of Extremist Content Online

During the first quarter of 2019, Facebook, Google and Twitter spent approximately $8 million lobbying Congress and federal agencies on potential regulations regarding cybersecurity; moderating terrorist, violent, extremist and "controversial"...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

In Their Own Words:

We reiterate once again that the brigades will directly target US bases across the region in case the US enemy commits a folly and decides to strike our resistance fighters and their camps [in Iraq].

Abu Ali al-Askari, Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) Security Official Mar. 2023
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