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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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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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Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: Disinformation Persists on Facebook
Even before ballots were counted, one outcome of the 2018 election was clear: Facebook had again neglected its duty to its new political ads system. Just weeks out from the election, VICE News tested Facebook’s touted “Paid For” disclosure – which...
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Likes, Trends & Suggested Friends: ISIS’s Toolkit to Find, Recruit & Radicalize
Ahmad Musa Jibril is a Michigan-based, Salafist preacher and online extremist popular with foreign fighters in Syria. In his online lectures, Jibril is careful to not specifically call for violence or endorse particular organizations, instead he...
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Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: Facebook Outlines Three Areas Critical to its Future
Neglects To Mention Company’s Extensive ISIS Problems In The Present This week, Facebook released its third-quarter earnings report, and while it was not akin to last time’s “biggest ever decline in the history of the American stock market,” it...
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Extremism Online Must “Disappear From Public Consciousness”
This month, convicted ISIS propagandist Anjem Choudary was freed from prison after serving only half of his original sentence. Choudary , the founding member of the extremist group al-Muhajiroun , which is now banned in the United Kingdom, was...
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One Year After N.Y. Truck Attack, Online Extremist Content Remains Powerful Radicalizing Tool
One year after Sayfullo Saipov allegedly ran down and killed eight people with a rental truck on a lower Manhattan bicycle path, radicalizing extremist content sadly remains easily accessible on the Internet and social media platforms, CEP Executive...
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Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: Facebook Hires Nick Clegg as Leadership “Exodus” Continues
The leadership exodus at Facebook continues. Writing for Variety , reporter Maya Kosoff chronicled the numerous executive departures from the company this year and asked, “what the hell is happening at Facebook?” In September, Instagram co-founders...
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ICYMI: It’s important that we starve bogeyman Anjem Choudary of the power he craves
CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson, a former U.K. jail governor who led the independent review into extremism in prisons, in an opinion piece in the Sun newspaper, discusses the need for ISIS propagandist Anjem Choudary to "disappear from public...
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Outdated Regulations & Utilization of Encryption: ISIS’ Perfect Storm
While it has appeared that ISIS’ long-standing dominance may be dwindling, many are urging caution regarding this theory. Early last week, the Daily Beast reflected on the group’s genesis and outreach techniques. “The group gained notoriety worldwide...
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