Tech Companies Can No Longer Rely On False Claims Australia has ordered five websites to remove extremist material, in an move to enforce its new law to combat online extremism. The content consisted of videos showing the beheading of a Scandinavian...
Role Is Critical As Online Hate Has Translated To Real-World Violence Extremists across the world have misused social media platforms to upload violent propaganda and hateful manifestos. Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Executive Director David Ibsen...
Tech Companies Criticized for Providing Services to Extremists Suspected gunman Patrick Crusius uploaded a 2,300 word manifesto on 8chan’s politically incorrect board, an online message board known for attracting far-right and neo-Nazi users, shortly...
Now that 8chan and its notorious /pol board are no longer accessible following the El Paso terrorist attack, former users of the site are seeking alternatives. It is likely that 8chan will eventually find an Internet services company willing to do...
In a significant move, Matthew Prince, the CEO of the web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare, announced on August 5 that the company would cease providing services to the notorious forum 8chan. In his blog, following the El Paso terrorist...
Company Concurrently Promises to Provide User Data on Cryptocurrency Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fined Facebook a record-breaking $5 billion for giving third parties access to information that Facebook users did not want to share...