Christchurch Call Must Be Backed by Laws and Regulations to Force Tech to Eliminate Extremism and Terrorism Online

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen issued a statement today supporting the 'Christchurch Call,' but cautioning that a voluntary approach is not enough when it comes to removing terrorist content and hate speech from social media. The statement read...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: "With the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from 2014 onwards, the issue of the misuse of modern communication technology via the internet and social media came to the...

Whistleblower Finds Facebook Deceived Public on Claims of Extremist Content Removal

According to a whistleblower’s complaint to the S ecurities and Exchange Commission, Facebook has been misleading the public and its shareholders about the efficacy of its content moderation efforts. CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in April t hat...

"A controversial mobile app launched by the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood is continuing to be promoted despite calls for it to be banned. The Euro Fatwa App was created by the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR), which was...

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen writes: "Social media platforms have failed to address the threat of extremist content, becoming at best complacent and at worst complicit in the transformation of tech platforms into breeding grounds for reaching...

"The question comes up over and over, with extremist material, hate speech, election meddling and privacy invasions. Why can’t Facebook just fix it? The latest revelation: Facebook is inadvertently creating celebratory videos using extremist content...

CEP Statement on “It’s Time to Break Up Facebook”: “We Agree.”

CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace today issued a statement in response to an op-ed by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes published in the New York Times that called for the breakup of Facebook. The statement read: “We agree.”

"Facebook likes to give the impression that it's staying ahead of extremists by taking down their posts, often before users even see them. But a confidential whistleblower's complaint to the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained by The...

"Facebook is promoting Islamic State propaganda, a whistleblower alleges in a complaint Thursday to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The social media company is likely violating securities laws prohibiting companies from misleading...

"However, it would be wrong to ignore its role in breeding terrorism, explained the executive director of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), David Ibsen: 'It is also a medium that can be misused to spread hate and violence. In the last decade, we...