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New European Union copyright legislation will create a “perverse incentive” forcing big internet companies, such as Google or Facebook, to take down copyrighted content before removing terrorist videos or child pornography. Currently, internet...
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The White House has also accused Iranian-backed militias of “life-threatening attacks” on US facilities in Baghdad and Basra recently. A report by the Counter Extremism Project said three of the most powerful of these groups were Asaib Ahl al-Haq...
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Security commissioner Julian King assured EU citizens on Thursday (13 September) that plans to tackle the spread of terrorist content online do not amount to “anywhere near censorship.” Speaking on Thursday’s plans to counter the spread of terrorist...
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In March, European Union officials warned tech companies that they weren't doing enough to curb the spread of terrorist content and gave them a list of demands. Apparently, their response didn’t cut it. On Wednesday, the EU published details of how...
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The European Commission is set to pursue a crackdown on the spread of online terrorist content and disinformation, its president Jean-Claude Junker announced in his state of the union address on Wednesday (12 September). The commission’s proposal to...
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The European Commission has today (12 September) released its regulation on terrorist content online. This legislation is badly needed in the fight against terrorist propaganda and recruitment online, and today marks a step forward in how Europe...
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Internet platforms will be required to remove all terrorism-related content within one hour of being reported, else sanctions await, according to a proposal presented to the European Parliament by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker...
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The European Commission has today released its regulation on terrorist content online. This legislation is badly needed in the fight against terrorist propaganda and recruitment online, and today marks a step forward in how Europe fights extremism...
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European Commission's Proposal on Terrorist Content Needs to Protect EU Citizens
The European Commission today released its regulation on terrorist content online. While the legislation is a step forward, it is is flawed in that it gives tech companies one hour from the time a piece of content is flagged as being extremist to...
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ICYMI--CEP Identifies Far-Right Terrorist Group Using Cryptocurrency to Fund Firearms Purchases
A new European far-right group calling themselves Order of Dawn has apparently started a cryptocurrency crowdfunding campaign for their violent “Reconquista ” of Europe. Order of Dawn endorses racism and anti-Semitism. Specifically, the group is...
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.