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September 30, 2020

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid: "Algorithms are amplifying the most divisive, the most hateful, the most conspiratorial, the most outrageous, because that engages people and that maximizes profit."

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September 30, 2020

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses what happened this past week when Paris was rattled by a stabbing attack at the very location where 12 people were killed during the Charlie Hebdo attacks in 2015.

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September 28, 2020

"Joshua Fisher Birch, a research analyst with the U.S. based Counter Extremism Project, described the group as a 'secretive satanic, fascist cult that believes in the use of extreme violence, rape, pedophilia, murder, and terrorism to bring about...

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September 28, 2020

"Joshua Fisher Birch, a researcher at the Counter Extremism Project, said: 'It is unacceptable that dangerous ISIS propaganda that contains instructions for making explosives remains online'. Mr Birch said tech companies can prevent the spread of...

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September 25, 2020

"A media group affiliated with al Qaeda’s offshoot in Yemen released a statement encouraging attacks in France as a response to the republication, according to the Counter Extremism Project, a nonprofit."

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September 25, 2020

"A media group affiliated with al Qaeda had recently released a statement encouraging attacks on France, according to Site Intel and the Counter Extremism Project."

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September 24, 2020

"Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher at the U.S. based terrorism watchdog Counter-Extremism Project, said the revelation shows the scale of the public safety threat the neo-Nazi terror movement has become with the influx of military skills among its...

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September 17, 2020

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid quoted: "'Even if it's not organic to TikTok, it's going to end up there,' said Hany Farid, a digital forensics expert and council member, who said he hoped TikTok's election policies would become 'clearer.'"

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September 18, 2020

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "'Cryptocurrency is a massive loophole for ISIS and other terrorists,' said Hans-Jakob Schindler, a former U.N. sanctions coordinator. 'Unless governments intervene and regulate this sector further, it...

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September 16, 2020

"Josh Lipowsky, a senior research analyst with the Counter-Extremism Project, said the decentralized antifa movement poses a lesser threat than the better organized groups on the far right. While far-left extremists boast groups such as the John...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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