CEP Demands Immediate Action To Combat Fake News

In advance of the upcoming Congressional hearings featuring testimony from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg , CEP called on Facebook and other tech companies to take a more aggressive approach to the spread of fake news enabled by widely available...

CEP To Facebook: Zuckerberg Must Explain Failure To Remove Extremist Content

CEP called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to respond to the proliferation of extremist and terrorist content on Facebook during his upcoming appearances at Senate and House committee hearings. CEP believes Zuckerberg must answer for Facebook’s...

CEP Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid on Bloomberg Tech

CEP Senior Adviser and Dartmouth Computer Science Chair, Dr. Hany Farid, speaks with Emily Chang of Bloomberg Technology about the complexity of removing online extremist content.

Counter Extremism Project On Upcoming Facebook Hearing: Time To Answer For Platform Misuse

CEP called on members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has confirmed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, to finally force answers to questions about a record of platform misuse. CEP...

Soon, we might not be able to believe our own ears.New technologies for creating faked audio are evolving quickly in the era of active information campaigns and their use of "fake news." There are a limited number of distinct sounds in the human...

Counter Extremism Project Senior Advisor Dr. Henry Farid discusses the importance of removing online extremist content. “The advertisers who fuel Silicon Valley need to think long and hard about whether they want to be on these platforms.and what...

A KPMG study commissioned by RUSI last year, analyzing the illicit cigarette market in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland, revealed that more than 9% of all cigarettes consumed in Europe in 2016 were illegal. This does not come as a surprise...

For computer scientist Hany Farid, developing image analysis tools that can stop illegal content online is not enough. He says we all need to take responsibility, not least the companies that lobby and lie hard. "We've been running full steam ahead...

The strength of the US counterterrorism relationship with Saudi Arabia “rivals” that with its historic ally the UK — although this has yet to register with the American public, a former homeland security adviser told Arab News. Information provided...

Two Years After Brussels Attacks

The deadliest act of terrorism in Belgium’s history took place on the morning of March 22, 2016 in Brussels, when ISIS suicide bombers killed 32 people and wounded more than 300 others in attacks at the Zaventem airport and the Maelbeek metro station...