CEP Statement on Tech Companies’ Transparency Reports Required Under German Law and European Union Proposal To Regulate Extremism Online

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement in response to tech giants releasing figures on how much hateful content they blocked or removed under Germany’s Network Enforcement Act as well as reports that the European Union is planning to...

ISIS Maximizes Online Propaganda To Target “Marginalized & Vulnerable”

The shooting in Toronto this week demonstrated the extent to which ISIS has mastered the use of social media and the Internet to spread its propaganda. Although authorities have stated that there was no known terrorist involvement for the incident...

Communications technology is having a hard time keeping pace with disinformation on the internet, particularly the radicalising propaganda put out by terrorist groups. Despite strenuous international efforts, jihadist incitement remains difficult to...

One of the most efficient tools in fighting terrorism is to go after what hurts terrorist organisations the most — their finances. In that respect, the FBI has documented much of Hezbollah’s finances and many of its illegal activities, such as drug...

But taking no chances, the European Union is set to propose a tough new law anyway -- threatening internet platforms, big and small, with fines if they fail to take down terrorist material, according to people familiar with the proposals that could...

Antisemitic posts claiming that the Holocaust is a lie and that Jews are “barbaric and unsanitary” remain on Facebook despite being flagged to the social media company, an investigation by The Times has found. David Ibsen, executive director of the...

An estimated 278 potential jihadi-linked accounts uploaded 1,348 Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) videos on YouTube between March and June this year, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) revealed in a study published shortly after the research period. CEP...

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: Facebook’s Content Moderation “PR Problem” Hits Its Pockets

Facebook released its second quarter financial results this week and the results were not good. Its stock prices were down approximately 20 percent, and its depressed long-term revenue growth and profit outlook was described as “shocking.” As Wired...

FRIDAY IN MIAMI: NEW REPORT ON TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN LATIN AMERICA TO BE DISCUSSED BY ASYMMETRICA AND COUNTER EXTREMISM PROJECT

MIAMI – On Friday, July 27, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and Asymmetrica will host a discussion in Miami on a new report about transnational organized crime in Latin America’s Tri-Border Area in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina, commonly known...

Iranian Influence in South America

In October 2014, Lebanese citizen Muhammad Ghaleb Hamdar was arrested in Lima, Peru. He was charged with conspiracy to commit terror after authorities found explosive materials and photos of potential targets ––including popular Peruvian tourist...