CEP in the News

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Juni 21, 2016

An article in RUE89 discusses the challenge of combating online extremist propaganda and CEP's new technology designed to identify and automatically remove the worst images, videos and audio content.

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Juni 20, 2016

Swiss news media outlet Neue Zürcher Zeitung describes software developed by CEP that can automatically detect and remove extremist content from platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

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Juni 20, 2016

Dartmouth University professor Hany Farid, working alongside the non-profit Counter Extremism Project (CEP), claims to have built new cutting-edge software capable of automatically flagging photos, videos and even audio files uploaded by groups like...

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Juni 20, 2016

CEP, a non-partisan organization with a blue ribbon board of advisors, announced it has developed a solution that can enable social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter to quickly identify and remove radical Islamic content.

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Juni 20, 2016

Since extremists started recruiting online, people have been looking for ways of stopping them. The new solution for online recruiting, appropriately enough, is closely related to the software used to combat child pornography. The endless videos of...

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Juni 20, 2016

Tara Maller, spokeswoman for the Counter Extremism Project, said governments have taken strides toward thwarting the Islamic State's social media campaign, but the online war is far from won. "The general opinion is there is a lot of work to be done...

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Juni 20, 2016

Some in the tech industry are quietly expressing skepticism about a new proposal to rid the internet of Islamic State propaganda online. But the plan has an important new backer: the White House. — The blessing: “We welcome the launch of initiatives...

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Juni 20, 2016

A computer scientist and a nonprofit are teaming up to use technology designed to stop child pornography from spreading across the web to take on terrorist propaganda. Defense One reports on the effort by the Counter Extremism Project and Hany Farid...

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Juli 20, 2016

In an interview with Fox News, CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses a new ISIS propaganda video praising the Orlando attack that killed 49 people and CEP's new technology that can help social media companies automatically remove the most violent...

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Juni 17, 2016

A software tool unveiled Friday aims to help online firms quickly find and eliminate extremist content used to spread and incite violence and attacks. The Counter Extremism Project, a nongovernment group based in Washington, proposed its software be...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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