CEP hosted a roundtable discussion in Paris on November 13 and launched a practical guide for French educators designed to help them promote integration and respond to instances of youth radicalization. This article describes the guide and contains...

CEP hosted a roundtable discussion in Paris on November 13 and launched a practical guide for French educators designed to help them promote integration and respond to instances of youth radicalization. This article includes an interview with Jean...

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: Disinformation Persists on Facebook

Even before ballots were counted, one outcome of the 2018 election was clear: Facebook had again neglected its duty to its new political ads system. Just weeks out from the election, VICE News tested Facebook’s touted “Paid For” disclosure – which...

Likes, Trends & Suggested Friends: ISIS’s Toolkit to Find, Recruit & Radicalize

Ahmad Musa Jibril is a Michigan-based, Salafist preacher and online extremist popular with foreign fighters in Syria. In his online lectures, Jibril is careful to not specifically call for violence or endorse particular organizations, instead he...

"Facebook remains an important weapon of choice for pro-Islamic State supporters, who continue to proliferate terrorist content across the world's largest social platform to recruit and incite attacks. A recent report from Counter-Extremism Project...

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: Facebook Outlines Three Areas Critical to its Future

Neglects To Mention Company’s Extensive ISIS Problems In The Present This week, Facebook released its third-quarter earnings report, and while it was not akin to last time’s “biggest ever decline in the history of the American stock market,” it...

Extremism Online Must “Disappear From Public Consciousness”

This month, convicted ISIS propagandist Anjem Choudary was freed from prison after serving only half of his original sentence. Choudary , the founding member of the extremist group al-Muhajiroun , which is now banned in the United Kingdom, was...

One Year After N.Y. Truck Attack, Online Extremist Content Remains Powerful Radicalizing Tool

One year after Sayfullo Saipov allegedly ran down and killed eight people with a rental truck on a lower Manhattan bicycle path, radicalizing extremist content sadly remains easily accessible on the Internet and social media platforms, CEP Executive...

"But some analysts caution that the figures Gen. Dunford cited are relative and that the Islamic State’s online presence still must be taken seriously. In addition to the magazine, propaganda videos and the group’s periodic Amaq News Agency videos...

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: Facebook Hires Nick Clegg as Leadership “Exodus” Continues

The leadership exodus at Facebook continues. Writing for Variety , reporter Maya Kosoff chronicled the numerous executive departures from the company this year and asked, “what the hell is happening at Facebook?” In September, Instagram co-founders...