Calls for Regulation Mark Cognitive Shift Against Tech Companies This was a record year for tech companies, and not just for lobbyist spending . Both Facebook and Google had “blockbuster” years, posting $6.88 and $8.95 billion respectively in fourth...
Record Spending on Special Interest Lobbying Belies Tech Industry Rhetoric Last week, the world’s biggest tech companies converged on the World Economic Forum, an annual high-profile gathering of global elites in Davos, Switzerland. Tech execs spent...
CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid Sounds Alarm on Proliferation of Fake, Manipulated Videos Fake and manipulated videos that have been aided by advances in artificial intelligence (AI), or “deepfakes,” present a growing problem for tech companies and...
Muslim Brotherhood-Affiliated Islamist Maintains Extensive Online Presence Despite Extremist Rhetoric Seven years ago, notorious AQAP propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in a U.S. drone strike; but even in his death, his works and lectures...
Germany’s Efforts to Hold Facebook Accountable Concerning Privacy Run Into Same Problems as Online Extremism Germany is again finding reason to regulate the tech industry. The country’s Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt , recently expressed...
CEP Reports Findings Regarding Extremist Content Online Every week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) releases a report detailing the way extremists interact online, explaining current trends and how they are misusing the Internet and social media...