CEP Condemns Today’s Violent Attacks in London

(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project issued the following statement from CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and President Frances F. Townsend in response to the terror attack on Westminster Bridge and subsequent stabbing outside of the Houses...

One Year After Brussels Attacks: Belgium, Europe Struggle with Challenges of Extremism

One year after the worst bombings in its modern history, Belgium and the rest of Europe continue to struggle with the complex challenges of terrorism and extremism, CEP said, in releasing a new report on preventing jihadist radicalization in Europe...

Pullout of Advertisers from Google Highlights Problem of Extremist Content on YouTube

CEP's new report contrasts Google’s pledge to divert users away from radicalizing and extremist content, with the increasing availability of sermons and lectures from radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki on Google-owned YouTube, as controversy continues...

As ISIS Loses Territory, CEP Calls for Leaders to Address Recruitment and Radicalization Online

CEP is calling on President Trump and ministers from 68 countries gathering in Washington, D.C. this week to focus on the defeat of ISIS on the cyber-battlefield, given the extremist group’s continued ability to weaponize the Internet and social...

The Virtual Caliphate

On February 14, the Iraqi military announced that a wave of airstrikes directed at ISIS on February 11 in Anbar province near the border with Syria had killed 77 extremists, including 13 senior commanders. One of the airstrikes also targeted the...

CEP Senior Advisor and Dartmouth College Computer Science Professor Dr. Hany Farid discusses the problem of online radicalization and the eGLYPH technology he developed with CEP that can find and quickly eliminate known images, videos and audio files...

ICYMI: Wall Street Journal Interview with CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid, “How Algorithms Can Help Beat Islamic State”

CEP Senior Advisor and Dartmouth College Computer Science Professor Dr. Hany Farid was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal regarding his development with CEP of eGLYPH, a technology that can identify the “worst of the worst” extremist images...

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller on MSNBC

CEP Spokesperson and Senior Policy Advisor Tara Maller on MSNBC's Pulse of America discussing CIA documents released by Wikileaks.

A technological solution, at least to that last problem, may lie 2,600 miles east of Silicon Valley, in a computer-science laboratory at Dartmouth College. Prof. Hany Farid, chairman of the department, creates algorithms that can sweep digital...

In schools across the EU, teachers are increasingly facing challenges of integrating students from different cultural backgrounds. Discussions and disagreements linked to political events at home and overseas occasionally meld with broader...