The computer scientist Dr. Hany Farid, who developed software that blocks child pornography on social networks says he's built a tool that can scrub violent extremist content from services like Facebook and Twitter, as tech firms come under growing...

The Islamic State recruits supporters and fellow travelers from around the world largely by spreading photos and videos of its violent exploits online. What if social-media companies could automatically detect and delete such imagery? The Counter...

Dartmouth College computer science professor Hany Farid -- using funding from Microsoft Corp. -- has developed technology to help scrub extremist content from the internet. Working with the nonprofit think tank Counter Extremism Project, Farid built...

"ISIL has a large cadre of Western fighters who could potentially serve as operatives for attacks in the West," CIA Director John Brennan told the Senate intelligence committee on Thursday. One way ISIS has developed its global network is through...

Social networks have long stressed they will help legitimate investigations of crimes and attacks, but have resisted efforts to police or censor the vast amounts content flowing through them. But social media groups are capable of doing more to...

New research in Science Magazine shows lone actors shouldn’t be the top priority when it comes to tracking ISIS online – groups should. In the study, computer scientists charted the ecology of pro-ISIS activity in 2015 on Europe’s biggest social...

The father of a victim of the Islamic State's deadly attacks on Paris last year is suing Facebook, Google and Twitter for aiding the terrorist group. "Social networks have long stressed they will help legitimate investigations of crimes and attacks...

Platforms like Facebook and Twitter have been promoting their new live video features, but are struggling to find ways to keep out content that promotes violence. But social media groups are capable of doing more to prevent and remove horrific...

The jumbled picture emerging of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen — his statements to friends and coworkers and his tangled personal history — lay bare the dilemma for law enforcement in confronting the growing threat of home-grown lone wolf terrorists....

The Sunday terror attack in Orlando, Florida highlights the need for social media companies to more actively disrupt extremist messaging on their platforms, CEP Executive Director David Ibsen said. “It is likely that [Mateen] was self-radicalized by...