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].
Mar. 2023Press Releases
Press Release
March 26, 2019
Two Internet Registrars Remove Neo-Nazi Forum After Being Alerted by CEP
CEP released the following statement today after Hostinger International, Ltd., an international web hosting company, suspended Fascist Forge, a neo-Nazi web forum. Hostinger suspended the forum after CEP flagged its history of advocating violent...
Press Release
March 26, 2019
How Europeans Join Global Jihad
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...
Press Release
March 25, 2019
ICYMI: CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid, in NPR Interview, Says Suspend Facebook Live Following Mosque Shootings
CEP Senior Advisor and a leading expert on digital forensics Dr. Hany Farid was interviewed by National Public Radio about tech companies’ failure to prevent the reuploading of the New Zealand attack video. Said Farid: "The repeated uploading is an...
Press Release
March 22, 2019
Extremist Content Online: A Week After Facebook Livestream, New Zealand Shooting Video Lives Online
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...
Press Release
March 21, 2019
Facebook’s Much-Touted Improvements to Remove Extremist Content Fail in Wake of New Zealand Attack
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...
Press Release
March 21, 2019
Following New Zealand Tragedy, CEP Re-Issues Challenge to Mark Zuckerberg to Discuss Tech Issues With Top Experts
In the wake of the tragic shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand that took the lives of 50 and injured dozens of others, CEP re-issued a challenge to Facebook Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to join top CEP advisors for a public...
Press Release
March 20, 2019
How Europeans Join Global Jihad
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...
Press Release
March 20, 2019
CEP Marks Westminster, Brussels Anniversary, Calls for Action on Extremist Content Online
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.
Press Release
March 19, 2019
CEP Statement in Support of Australian Prime Minister’s Call for the G20 to Address Regulation of Tech Industry in Wake of New Zealand Attacks
CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid and Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement in support of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s call for the Group of Twenty ( G20 ) to take measures against social media companies in the wake of the...
Press Release
March 15, 2019
CEP Condemns Terror Attack in New Zealand
CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement today in response to shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that read in part: "The attack on New Zealand Muslims today is a shocking and disgraceful act of terror. Once again, it has been...
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