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July 22, 2016

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller on Fox News

CEP Spokesperson and Senior Policy Advisor Tara Maller Speaks with Shepard Smith About Munich Attack.

CounterPoint Blog

EU Commission, Tech Companies Agree to Code of Conduct for Hate Speech

Welcome to the View from Brussels, a perspective from the de facto capital of Europe on the state of counterterrorism, extremism, and radicalisation throughout the European Union. The recent terror attacks across Europe and the use of social media...

Press Release

July 14, 2016

Counter Extremism Project Condemns Attack in Nice, France

(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project released the following statement today in response to the gruesome attack in Nice, France: "The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) strongly condemns tonight's horrific terrorist attack on a crowd of people...

Press Release

July 8, 2016

CEP Releases New Resource on Extremism and Counter-Extremism in Bangladesh

(New York, NY) – When Bangladeshi security forces stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 2 following a 12-hour siege, they found a grisly scene; 20 hostages hacked and stabbed to death. ISIS claimed responsibility for the...

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July 7, 2016

How can the U.S. fight the spread of Islamic State propaganda? Fighting extremist content online need not be very complicated, according to Dr. Hany Farid, a computer scientist at Dartmouth College.“We don’t need to develop software that determines...

Videos

July 6, 2016

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller on MSNBC

CEP Spokesperson and Senior Advisor Tara Maller Talks About the Hostage Situation in Bangladesh on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.

News

July 6, 2016

A computer scientist at Dartmouth College has developed new software aimed at quickly identifying and stopping the spread of extremist videos online that are used to incite violent attacks. Dr. Hany Farid developed the software with the Counter...

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July 6, 2016

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller joins host Chris Matthews to discuss the latest developments in the Bangladesh hostage situation.

News

July 5, 2016

When Hany Farid started working a few decades ago on analyzing digital images, he was thinking about how to detect forgeries and copies of still photos and probably hadn’t even heard of the word “jihad.” Fast forward to 2016. The Dartmouth professor...

News

June 30, 2016

CEP President and former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor Fran Townsend discusses the investigation process that comes after a terrorist attack with host Kate Snow.

Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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