Technology giants like Facebook, Twitter, and Google/YouTube have long maintained that they are merely neutral platforms and cannot be held responsible for what users choose to post and share on their sites. Section 230 of the Communications Decency...
Company Continues To Pursue “Delay, Deny & Deflect” PR Strategy Instead Of Enforcing Own Community Standards Last week, Facebook announced the formation of a 20-member independent oversight body tasked with making decisions on contentious content...
Recruitment Propaganda, Calls For Violence Against Minorities Flood Various Platforms On Sunday, the New York Times highlighted increased efforts by white supremacist extremist groups to leverage the COVID-19 pandemic as a means to advance their...
New Policy Reduces Transparency On Ad Placements Appearing Alongside Hateful Content This week, the Wall Street Journal reported on efforts by Google-owned YouTube to restrict the platform’s “brand safety partners” from being able to share critical...
A “Conveyor Belt” For Terrorists, HT Alumni Includes 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed On Sunday, the American chapter of noted Islamist extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) hosted its annual Khilafah (“Caliphate”) Conference using Facebook Live...
Terror Groups Urge Members Online To Target Health Care Systems & Spread Virus Intentionally As the world continues to grapple with the ongoing pandemic, far-right and Islamic extremist groups are plotting to exploit the health crisis to advance...