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June 20, 2019

Responsibility: Tech Should Take a Hard Look

In the last installment of CEP's video series on extremism online, Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley says, "I think that companies have to start taking more responsibility for what they've created...

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June 13, 2019

Pressure Points: Pushing Tech to Do Better

In video eight of a nine-part series, CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid explains how if tech companies can't decide that they should do better, the public should decide for them.

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June 6, 2019

Products and Consumers: Dr. Hany Farid Explains

In video seven of a nine-part series, CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid discusses how tech companies have a responsibility to consumers and can no longer say "we're just a platform".

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May 30, 2019

Advertising: The Business Model of the Internet

In part six of a nine-part video series, CEP Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, asserts that the current business model for tech companies, free services in exchange for personal data, has created...

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May 22, 2019

Combating Fake News: Dr. Hany Farid Explains

In part five of CEP's nine-part video series, Senior Advisor and digital forensics expert Dr. Hany Farid explains the problem of fake news and how blame has to be with the social media companies.

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May 16, 2019

Misuse of the Internet: Dr. Hany Farid Explains

In part four of CEP's nine-part video series, Senior Advisor and digital forensics expert Dr. Hany Farid explains how tech companies have failed in response to misuse of their platforms.

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May 9, 2019

eGLYPH: Moving the Needle

In part three of CEP's nine-part video series, senior advisor Dr. Hany Farid discusses developing hashing technology to remove extremist content and tech companies' initial rejection.

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May 1, 2019

Internet: Model of Technology with Dr. Hany Farid

In part two of a nine-part video series, CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid describes the internet, the model of technology and our responsibility to mitigate harm.

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April 24, 2019

Intro: Dr. Farid Introduces Nine-Part Video Series on Online Extremism

In part one of a nine-part video series, CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid, the Albert Bradley 1915 Third Century Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College and incoming School of Information and EECS professor at UC Berkeley, introduces the...

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March 22, 2019

CEP Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid on NPR

CEP Senior Advisor and a leading expert on digital forensics Dr. Hany Farid was interviewed by National Public Radio (NPR) about tech companies’ failure to prevent the reuploading of the New Zealand attack video.

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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