Politico: New Tool Aims to Block ISIL on Social Networks
The computer scientist Dr. Hany Farid, who developed software that blocks child pornography on social networks says he's built a tool that can scrub violent extremist content from services like Facebook and Twitter, as tech firms come under growing pressure from Washington to combat Islamic State propaganda. The Counter Extremism Project, a New York City-based nonprofit organization where Farid serves as a senior adviser, announced the new tool on Friday.
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.