Politico: Hate Speech Thrives Underground
Illegal content and terrorist propaganda are still spreading rapidly online in the European Union, new analysis shows. With increased scrutiny on mainstream sites, alt-right and terrorist sympathizers are flocking to niche platforms where illegal content is shared freely, security experts and anti-extremism activists say. Among the sites now favored for sharing illegal content there are Twitter clone Gab.ai, video-sharing site web.tv and message board Justpaste.it (which has signed on to the European Commission’s voluntary content-policing program), most of which are known to feature neo-Nazi, anti-Semitic, sexist or ISIS-inspired terrorist content, according to a review conducted by the Counter Extremism Project. “Many platforms, like … 4chan, Discord and Gab.ai, are not forthcoming with their approach to restrict and remove the spread of illegal content,” said David Ibsen, the head of the Counter Extremism Project.”
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.