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Welt: Google steigt in den Krieg gegen den Terror ein
Einen passenden Such-Algorithmus hat das gemeinnützige New Yorker Start-up Counter Extremism Project (CEP) entwickelt: Das Suchwerkzeug namens eGlyph analysiert Inhalte in sozialen Medien und sucht nach bekannten Propagandavideos, Texten und Bildern.
GQ: Ein Algorithmus soll Extremismus in sozialen Netzwerken stoppen
Die Technologie ist eine App des Counter Extremism Project (CEP), einer gemeinnützigen Organisation aus New York. Facebook, Twitter und Google sollen mit ihrer Hilfe zum Beispiel Terroristen Einflussmöglichkeiten nehmen.
The Verge: Automated systems fight ISIS propaganda, but at what cost?
The algorithm, called eGLYPH, was announced in June by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a New York-based nonprofit organization that tracks extremist groups. eGLYPH uses so-called “hashing” technology to assign a unique fingerprint to images...
CEP: Dr. Hany Farid Featured on "Morning Joe"
Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid was interviewed on "Morning Joe" today about the development of exciting new technology that could detect and remove the "worst of the worst" extremist images, video, and audio from the...
The Economist: Surveillance: Halting the hate
American officials referred to Anwar al-Awlaki as a senior recruiter for al-Qaeda. After being connected to numerous terrorist attacks, in 2011 he became one of the first United States citizens to be killed by an American drone.
The Atlantic: A Tool to Delete Beheading Videos Before They Even Appear Online
Researchers at the Counter Extremism Project have been painstakingly collecting extremist content for years, even enlisting crowdsourced help from other social media users to point out offensive accounts.
Washington Post: There’s a new tool to take down terrorism images online. But social-media companies are wary of it.
“If you could search out the beheading videos or the picture of the ISIS fighter all in black carrying the Daesh flag across the sands of Syria, if you could do it with video and audio, you’d be doing something big,” said Mark Wallace, chief...
Bloomberg: Microsoft-Funded Professor Builds Software to Fight Terrorism
Dartmouth College computer science professor Hany Farid -- using funding from Microsoft Corp. -- has developed technology to help scrub extremist content from the internet.
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