Bloomberg: Social Media Isn't Doing Enough to Prevent Weaponization of Platforms, CEP CEO Says
CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace discusses the responsibilities of social media platforms in the aftermath of the of the New Zealand mosque shootings. "Sadly this is not a new problem... What is shocking is that it took the social media companies 17 minutes to take it down and the technology exists, that they claim that they have, to remove any uploads of any video or photographs of this material instantaneously... I think there are some really hard questions that have to be posed to social media companies, because as far as I'm concerned, they have a real responsibility in this action. I am not accusing them of perpetrating these horrible acts, but these platforms have been weaponized, they have known about them being weaponized for a long time and they are not doing enough."
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.