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.

Der Spiegel: Russland – Das ließ Alarmglocken schrillen“ – Interview mit Kacper Rekawek

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.

Daily Mail: Wounded Yom Kippur shooter is taken to court still showing signs of injuries he suffered in battle with police as German prosecutor says he intended to carry out a 'massacre'

'Amazon is just as much to blame as Twitch for allowing this stream online,' said Hans-Jakob Schindler of the Counter Extremism Project.

New Europe: The Self-Regulation Mistake

In 2018 the public and policymakers will have to reckon with the ever-growing power of the tech industry. Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is now valued at $730 billion (€605 billion), a little under the GDP of the Netherlands.

Telegraph: Tech companies have no incentive to monitor their content – so governments need to give them one, sharpish

The devastating impact of online radicalisation through extremist videos was felt far too often in 2017. Whether it was the attacks carried out in Manchester and London by Islamist extremists or those perpetrated in Charlottesville, Virginia by white...