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The National: Fears missing ISIS millions are hidden in cryptocurrency ready for use as war chest
The Counter Extremism Project, a think tank, tracked the trend in a new report, Cryptocurrencies and Financing of Terrorism: Threat Assessment and Regulatory Challenges, launched in an online seminar on Monday. Its director, Hans-Jakob Schindler, who...
The National: Facebook supervisory board pledges independence on extremist content
Groups such as the Counter Extremism Project have led exposes of terrorist recruitment material on Facebook and its rivals. While some material can be removed, the response is far from comprehensive or complete.
Voice of America: Experts Split on Impact of Germany’s Hezbollah Ban
“Germany’s designation is a recognition of Hezbollah’s unitary nature – that it has no separate military or political wings as the EU declared in its 2013 designation,” said Josh Lipowsky, a senior researcher at the Washington-based Counter Extremism...
The National: Social media platforms allow blacklisted extremists to use accounts
A fifth of the entities on the UN's designated terror list, checked in a random sample by researchers at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), had profiles on mainstream sites including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Deutschlandfunk: Hisbollah-Verbot in Deutschland – Interview mit Alexander Ritzmann
Sicherheitsexperte Alexander Ritzmann begrüßt das Betätigungsverbot für die Hisbollah in Deutschland. Die Hisbollah sei jederzeit in der Lage gewesen, Anschläge in Deutschland zu verüben, habe dies aus verschiedenen Gründen seit langer Zeit aber...
Die Demokratisierung von Deepfakes – Ein Gespräch mit Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler,
Nauel Semaan sprach mit Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, dem Senior Director des Counter Extremism Project, über die „neue Superwaffe der Fake News“ – sogenannte Deepfakes.
Welt: Das Anti-Hass-Gesetz fällt im Stresstest durch
Die großen Online-Plattformen blockieren bei Weitem nicht alle offensichtlich rechtswidrigen Inhalte, die Nutzer ihnen melden. Das zeigt eine aktuelle Untersuchung. Die Plattformbetreiber sind jedoch nicht die einzige Schwachstelledes Gesetzes.
The New York Times: Can YouTube Quiet Its Conspiracy Theorists?
A new study examines YouTube’s efforts to limit the spread of conspiracy theories on its site, from videos claiming the end times are near to those questioning climate change.
The New York Times: Child Abusers Run Rampant as Tech Companies Look the Other Way
Though platforms bar child sexual abuse imagery on the web, criminals are exploiting gaps. Victims are caught in a living nightmare, confronting images again and again.
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.