Tech & Terrorism: Officials Call For Ban Of ‘Euro Fatwa’ App Created By Muslim Brotherhood

Google and Apple are facing renewed scrutiny from European officials for their failure to remove—and ban in entirety—the Muslim Brotherhood-sponsored app, Euro Fatwa. The intensifying pressure comes after months of repeated government warnings that...

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler spoke with JJ Green of WTOP's The Hunt about the beheading of a school teacher in France: "What you see here is that hate speech online actually kills people offline. There is a clear line between what...

"During a webinar for the Counter Extremism Project on 'The current threat landscape in Afghanistan,' Mr Fitton-Brown said ties between the two organisations remain. 'Al Qaeda senior figures remain in Afghanistan as well as hundreds of armed...

Teacher Beheaded In Paris Suburb Terrorist Attack

Last week, Russian-born Chechen Abdoulakh Anzorov stabbed and decapitated a school teacher in a street in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. According to French officials, the 18 year-old attacker targeted Samuel Paty after Paty showed...

"The legislation has early support from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the Counter Extremism Project and the Anti-Defamation League. The bill does not yet have support in the Senate."

Digital Services Act - A Vital Step Towards A Better Internet

As part of the European Digital Strategy, the European Commission announced a Digital Services Act (DSA) package that will be presented at the end of 2020. The DSA intends to modernize the current legal framework by proposing clear rules framing the...

"UC Berkley professor Dr. Hany Farid, a senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project, called the Eshoo-Malinowski bill 'an important measure' that would 'hold the technology sector accountable for irresponsibly deploying algorithms that amplify...

"Hans-Jakob Schindler, director at the Counter Extremism Project, said tech companies were failing to tackle extremist content. 'The CEP is very critical of the tech industry for its failings to adequately monitor and moderate its products so that...

CEP Advisor Liam Duffy writes: "This was no lone wolf jihadist. Parisian Islamists stoked the flames, warning that a French genocide of Muslims was imminent if this blasphemy were tolerated. From this ecosystem of rage and grievance, the assassin...

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Supporters Celebrate Paris Beheading Attack Online

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, ISIS supporters used a pro-ISIS RocketChat chatroom to...