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CEP’s Dr. Hany Farid: “There is Real, Measurable Harm Happening From Moving Fast And Breaking Things”
CEP today released the second in a nine-part video series featuring CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid, titled "Internet." In the video, Dr. Farid warns of how the tech industry’s and Facebook’s famed “Move Fast and Break Things” mantra is no longer...
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White House Considers Designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a Terror Group
CEP today released a new resource detailing the Muslim Brotherhood’s established ties to more than 40 radical extremists, including terrorist groups, foreign fighters and extremism propagandists. The Brotherhood officially maintains a platform of non...
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Extremist Content Online: ISIS Releases Propaganda Online Following Easter Sri Lanka Attacks
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 includes an overview of ISIS’ online activity glorifying the terrorist group’s Easter Sunday...
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Tech & Terrorism: Facebook & Twitter Revenues Balloon Despite Non-Stop Controversies
This week, Facebook and Twitter reported astronomic increases in revenue. Facebook’s year-over-year first quarter revenue increased more than 25 percent to $15.1 billion and Twitter’s increased nearly 20 percent to $787 million . Contrary to what...
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CEP Releases First of Nine-Part Online Extremism Video Series Featuring Dr. Hany Farid
CEP tod ay released the first of a nine-part video series featuring CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid , the Albert Bradley 1915 Third Century Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College and incoming School of Information and EECS professor at...
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Smart Regulation and Smart Technology
CEP and the UN Office of Counter Terrorism will have a brown bag lunch and roundtable discussion on April 25 from 1-2:30 hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UN. The topic of the free event will be the regulatory...
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ICYMI: CEP Identifies Multiple Examples of Infamous ISIS Bomb Making Video Online
On April 17, 2019, CEP researchers located the infamous ISIS bomb-making and execution video, “You Must Fight Them O Muwahhid ,” on several video streaming and file download websites. The video shows step-by-step instructions for the construction of...
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Smart Regulation and Smart Technology
CEP and the UN Office of Counter Terrorism will have a brown bag lunch and roundtable discussion on April 25 from 1-2:30 hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UN. The topic of the free event will be the regulatory...
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Tech & Terrorism: One Month After New Zealand Massacre Broadcasted on Facebook Live, Company Revises Livestream Policy
CEP has documented Facebook’s reactionary policy changes since November 2007, exposing how the company typically makes improvements following public accusations, scandal or pressure from governments. This week, Facebook announced that it will begin...
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European Parliament Passes Meaningful Vote on Terror Content File
The European Parliament today voted in favour of regulation preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online. CEP Executive Director David Ibsen said the regulation was "a positive start in the fight against digital radicalisation, propaganda...
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.