One of the most efficient tools in fighting terrorism is to go after what hurts terrorist organisations the most — their finances. In that respect, the FBI has documented much of Hezbollah’s finances and many of its illegal activities, such as drug...

But taking no chances, the European Union is set to propose a tough new law anyway -- threatening internet platforms, big and small, with fines if they fail to take down terrorist material, according to people familiar with the proposals that could...

Antisemitic posts claiming that the Holocaust is a lie and that Jews are “barbaric and unsanitary” remain on Facebook despite being flagged to the social media company, an investigation by The Times has found. David Ibsen, executive director of the...

An estimated 278 potential jihadi-linked accounts uploaded 1,348 Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) videos on YouTube between March and June this year, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) revealed in a study published shortly after the research period. CEP...

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: Facebook’s Content Moderation “PR Problem” Hits Its Pockets

Facebook released its second quarter financial results this week and the results were not good. Its stock prices were down approximately 20 percent, and its depressed long-term revenue growth and profit outlook was described as “shocking.” As Wired...

FRIDAY IN MIAMI: NEW REPORT ON TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN LATIN AMERICA TO BE DISCUSSED BY ASYMMETRICA AND COUNTER EXTREMISM PROJECT

MIAMI – On Friday, July 27, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and Asymmetrica will host a discussion in Miami on a new report about transnational organized crime in Latin America’s Tri-Border Area in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina, commonly known...

Iranian Influence in South America

In October 2014, Lebanese citizen Muhammad Ghaleb Hamdar was arrested in Lima, Peru. He was charged with conspiracy to commit terror after authorities found explosive materials and photos of potential targets––including popular Peruvian tourist...

YouTube repeatedly fails to remove jihadist videos within two hours of them being posted because of 'staggering' holes in its monitoring, according to a study. It found that the Google-owned video sharing site missed its target for taking down...

Online video has long been a crucial recruitment and propaganda tool for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as well as al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. Facing sharp criticism over the situation, these companies claimed last year to...

YOUTUBE allows extremists to spread jihadist propaganda online by exploiting holes in the website's filters, it emerged today. The site has a two-hour target for taking down terror content - but it misses that target in a quarter of all cases, a...