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CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace on the Fox News Rundown
CEO of the Counter Extremist Project Ambassador Mark Wallace speaks with Fox's Chris Wallace about extremists finding a platform on social media and the way forward to combat extremism online.
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CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace discusses the importance of Google/YouTube's decision to remove thousands of lectures and sermons of al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki, and CEP's multi-year campaign to pressure the tech giant to take action.
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Countering Hezbollah, Iran’s Expansion
The Trump administration recently unveiled its new strategy to counter the threat Hezbollah and Iran pose to the United States and its interests abroad. Despite talk of designating the entire Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist...
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Ambassador Mark D. Wallace says removal of Anwar al-Awlaki's sermons and lectures on YouTube will save lives, but it still remains too easy to find extremist and terrorist propaganda on the Internet and social media platforms.
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CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace on ABC Radio
Ambassador Wallace says removal of Anwar al-Awlaki content on YouTube could save lives, but still way too easy to find messages that promote terror.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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.