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December 6, 2018

New Report Details Pending Crisis Regarding the Rehabilitation of America’s Convicted Islamists

The United States is facing a pending, pressing counterterrorism challenge as dozens of individuals with terrorism-related convictions are set to be released from prison, Parallel Networks Co-Founders Mitch Silber and Jesse Morton found in their...

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December 3, 2018

Extremist Content Piles up on YouTube; Platform Struggles to Keep Pace

YouTube is not effectively curbing extremist content, according to various experts and policymakers interviewed by NPR ’s Tim Mak last week. YouTube’s algorithms are designed to keep viewers hooked and suggest progressively more extreme videos to...

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November 29, 2018

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: Drip, Drip, Drip as Facebook's Problems Continue

On Tuesday, Facebook Vice President for Policy Solutions Richard Allan was grilled before a hearing comprised of nine countries : Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Ireland, Latvia, Singapore, France, Belgium and Britain. Described as a “ first-of-its-kind...

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November 27, 2018

ICYMI: New Report on Germany’s NetzDG Online Hate Speech Law Shows No Threat of Over-Blocking

CEP, in partnership with the Centre for European Policy Studies ( CEPS ), launched a joint report analyzing the impact of Germany’s Network Enforcement Act ( NetzDG ). In the report, Germany’s NetzDG: A key test for combatting online hate...

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November 20, 2018

THEY SAID IT!

Members of Congress have weighed in on the numerous problems that have recently plagued social media companies. In this short compilation of quotes, Senators and House members agree that the era of self-regulation for tech companies should be brought...

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November 20, 2018

Online Hate Speech Incites Real World Violence

Major tech giants are facing mounting pressure from law enforcement officials to provide information and monitor online terror activity. The Sydney Morning Herald reported last week that Lynne Owens, the director-general of Britain’s National Crime...

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November 15, 2018

CEP Statement in Response to Facebook’s Most Recent & Dubious Claims

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement in response to Facebook's claims of removing more than one billion fake accounts and content exhibiting hate speech, terrorist propaganda child exploitation, that read in part: “Just the same as...

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November 15, 2018

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: “Delay, Deny & Deflect” Becomes the Facebook Mantra

“Delay, Deny and Deflect.” Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal escalated this week after the New York Times chronicled the company’s two-faced approach towards its never-ending streams of crises. The extensive investigation, sourced by interviews...

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November 14, 2018

Launch of the CEP Handbook: Radicalization of Young People - Ways and Solutions for Educators

CEP hosted a roundtable in Paris on November 13 entitled "Secularism and prevention of radicalization" where it launched a practical handbook for French educators. Produced in collaboration with the Interministerial Committee for the Prevention of...

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November 14, 2018

Online Extremism Remains Social Media’s “Wild West”

Members of the upcoming 116 th Congress have signaled that tech issues will be a major part of its upcoming agenda. U.S. Senator Mark Warner has stated that “the era of the Wild West in social media is coming to an end,” and other top Democrats...

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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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