ISIS Leverages Unconventional Methods to Maintain Online Presence

On August 22, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released a new audio message titled “Give Glad Tidings To The Patient” – a reference to Quran 2:155 referring to the testing of the faithful. The recording was released via ISIS’s most authoritative...

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: European Union Begins Regulatory Crackdown on Tech Companies

European Union officials formally announced a crackdown on tech companies this week deciding to abandon its voluntary policies in favor of stronger regulation. Speaking to the Financial Times regarding the removal of extremist content online...

ICYMI: Is PasteThis.At A Pro-ISIS Website?

The nature of extremists’ ongoing misuse of the Internet continues to evolve. From social media platforms to encrypted messaging channels to dedicated websites, extremists—in particular ISIS—have adapted all types of sites and online services to...

CEP Advisory Board Member Senator Joe Lieberman on Fox Business

CEP Advisory Board Member and former Senator Joseph Lieberman discusses coordinated attacks on social media and companies' responsibility to control what's going on on their platforms.

CEP Analysis Finds YouTube Users 4x More Likely to Find Extremist Content Than Counter-Narrative Material

Extremist propaganda—including violent videos—is still readily accessible on Google-owned YouTube, far exceeding counter-narrative content and undermining company claims about its efforts to combat online extremism, CEP concluded in its updated...

In Case You Missed It

CEP's study on YouTube's failure to remove extremist content was featured in a Washington Post story on August 19. "A study released last month by the Counter Extremism Project, a New York-based nonprofit, found that a quarter of Islamic State videos...

The European Union is reportedly planning to impose stricter regulations on social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter over the removal of online terrorist propaganda. According to new draft regulations to be published next month...

No longer the carrot, now the stick: the European Commission is considering imposing an hour-long deadline for social networks to remove terrorist and extremist content after voluntary measures appear to have failed. On pain of heavy fines, the...

Now, according to a report in the Financial Times, the European Commission has decided to scrap a voluntary approach to ensure firms remove content. This will apparently be replaced with a much starker draft regulation, which will be published in...

The European Commission is planning to order websites to delete extremist content on their sites within an hour to avoid the risk of being fined. The regulation would affect Twitter, Facebook and YouTube among others. The crackdown would lead to the...