CEP Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid on SkyNews

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid, in an interview with Sky News, discusses the availability of technologies capable of significantly reducing the incidence of extremist and other harmful content readily available on the Internet and social media...

CEP Executive Director writes in the Telegraph: “The devastating impact of online radicalisation through extremist videos was felt far too often in 2017. Whether it was the attacks carried out in Manchester and London by Islamist extremists or those...

Dartmouth College Computer Science Professor and CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid writes: Universities across the country are graduating record numbers of computer scientists, many of whom are finding employment in Silicon Valley. At the same time...

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discussed the recently released National Security Strategy and the necessity of fighting terrorism online as well as on the battlefield with host J.J. Green.

Illegal content and terrorist propaganda are still spreading rapidly online in the European Union, new analysis shows. With increased scrutiny on mainstream sites, alt-right and terrorist sympathizers are flocking to niche platforms where illegal...

Extremist Propagandists and Ideologues Maintain Presence Online

CEP's new resource, Guide to Online Propagandists, profiles online radical thought leaders who are active on social media platforms like YouTube and encourage violence and hate. While YouTube in November 2017 banned the videos of notorious al-Qaeda...

YouTube: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

YouTube’s actions continue to fall short of its rhetoric when it comes to fighting extremism. Despite very public announcements of new technologies, more content reviewers, and a stated dedication to preventing terrorists and extremist groups from...

Jihadist Rivals Jockey Over Jerusalem

Jihadists have used the Israeli-Palestinian issue to advance their narrative of Muslim victimhood. It’s no surprise that jihadist groups were furious when President Trump decided to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. However, al-Qaeda and ISIS...

The British government is under renewed pressure to outlaw Hezbollah in the UK by making no distinction between its military and political wings. David Ibsen, the executive director of the Counter Extremism Project, said that Hezbollah itself does...

One Year After Quebec City Mosque Attack

CEP is providing resources on extremism and counter-extremism in Canada on the anniversary of the January 29 attack at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center in Quebec City. Right-wing extremist Alexandre Bissonnette is accused of carrying out the attack...