With the Islamic State group almost defeated on the ground in Iraq and Syria and its territorial hold dramatically reduced, the terror group and its sympathizers continue to demonstrate their ability to weaponize the internet in an effort to...

CEP Statement on YouTube Removal of Anwar al-Awlaki Material

CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace released a statement regarding the news that Google-owned YouTube has removed videos and sermons from al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki from its platform. It read in part: "This action will save lives. No longer...

Rights and Responsibilities of Social Media Platforms in an Age of Global Extremism

Live stream video from CEP's event at the Newseum, " Rights and Responsibilities of Social Media Platforms in an Age of Global Extremism." Senator Ron Johnson gives keynote speech and Greta Van Susteren moderates a discussion with Dr. Hany Farid...

Watch Today’s CEP Newseum Event Live

CEP is livestreaming today’s policy event on the challenges posed by online extremism. Those who are unable to attend this event can follow the discussion live, beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern Time. The event, Rights and Responsibilities of Social Media...

YouTube has removed thousands of propaganda videos from late al-Qaeda-linked cleric Anwar al-Awlaki amid mounting pressure from governments and counterterrorism advocates. "It's a watershed moment on the question of whether we're going to allow the...

YouTube recently removed some 50,000 videos of a deceased radical American imam and al-Qaeda propagandist. Despite being killed in a US drone strike in 2011, Anwar al-Awlaki continued to inspire Islamic terror through online videos. “It’s a watershed...

CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace KCBS Interview

CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace on YouTube's removal of Anwar al-Awlaki content and the Counter Extremism Project's work in pressuring social media and tech companies to do more to combat extremist weaponization of their platforms.

Now, under growing pressure from governments and counterterrorism advocates, YouTube has drastically reduced its video archive of Mr. Awlaki, an American cleric who remains the leading English-language jihadist recruiter on the internet six years...