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June 6, 2019

Products and Consumers: Dr. Hany Farid Explains

In video seven of a nine-part series, CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid discusses how tech companies have a responsibility to consumers and can no longer say "we're just a platform".

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May 30, 2019

Advertising: The Business Model of the Internet

In part six of a nine-part video series, CEP Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, asserts that the current business model for tech companies, free services in exchange for personal data, has created...

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May 22, 2019

Combating Fake News: Dr. Hany Farid Explains

In part five of CEP's nine-part video series, Senior Advisor and digital forensics expert Dr. Hany Farid explains the problem of fake news and how blame has to be with the social media companies.

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May 16, 2019

Misuse of the Internet: Dr. Hany Farid Explains

In part four of CEP's nine-part video series, Senior Advisor and digital forensics expert Dr. Hany Farid explains how tech companies have failed in response to misuse of their platforms.

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May 9, 2019

eGLYPH: Moving the Needle

In part three of CEP's nine-part video series, senior advisor Dr. Hany Farid discusses developing hashing technology to remove extremist content and tech companies' initial rejection.

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May 1, 2019

Internet: Model of Technology with Dr. Hany Farid

In part two of a nine-part video series, CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid describes the internet, the model of technology and our responsibility to mitigate harm.

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April 24, 2019

Intro: Dr. Farid Introduces Nine-Part Video Series on Online Extremism

In part one of a nine-part video series, 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 UC Berkeley, introduces the...

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March 22, 2019

CEP Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid on NPR

CEP Senior Advisor and a leading expert on digital forensics Dr. Hany Farid was interviewed by National Public Radio (NPR) about tech companies’ failure to prevent the reuploading of the New Zealand attack video.

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March 20, 2019

CEP Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid on ABC News (Australia) Radio

CEP Senior Adviser and digital forensics expert Dr. Hany Farid discusses why social media companies have failed at curbing spread of New Zealand terror attack video and what can be done, with host of RN Breakfast Fran Kelly.

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March 18, 2019

CEP President Fran Townsend on CBS This Morning

Following the March 15, 2019 attack on two mosques in New Zealand, CEP President Frances Townsend discusses whether the suspect was known to authorities and the role of social media.

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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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