CEP & Das NETTZ Webinar: The New EU Digital Services Act (DSA) | Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler

At this online event, we examined in depth the positive and negative aspects of the draft DSA. The discussion focused on the question if this legislation will be capable of protecting EU citizens better from online harms. EVENT AGENDA: Opening...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "The inquest into the murder of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt by Islamist terrorist Usman Khan has revealed a collision of arrogance, hubris, naïveté and incompetence from which the two graduates arguably paid...

Fishmongers Hall Inquest: The Jury’s Conclusion

This is my final blog on the inquest into the murders of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt by an Islamist terrorist, Usman Khan, on the 29th of November 2019. Please see the previous blogs here for background information. The jury delivered its...

BBC Newsnight: Fishmongers’ Hall attack: How did the police and MI5 fail so badly?

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson interviewed by BBC's Richard Watson: "Failings by the police, probation service and MI5 contributed to the deaths of two graduates killed by a convicted terrorist, a jury has found. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson interviewed by BBC's Richard Watson: "Failings by the police, probation service and MI5 contributed to the deaths of two graduates killed by a convicted terrorist, a jury has found. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: "terrorist financers have adapted their methods, exploiting continuing vulnerabilities as well as taking advantage of new technologies to raise, transfer and store funds. The emergence of social...

Violent Antisemitic Attacks Rising Globally

Coinciding with and immediately following the 11-day conflict between Israel and the U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), reports of antisemitic hate crimes, bigotry, and intolerance are spiking...

Extremist Content Online: Facebook Pages Idolizing Christchurch Terrorist, Spreading Antisemitic Content Found

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located several antisemitic Facebook pages...

CEP & Das NETTZ Webinar: The New EU Digital Services Act (DSA) – Will Social Media Users Be Safer In The Future?

The draft Digital Services Act (DSA), published by the EU Commission in December 2020, seeks to build a safer and better Internet for all EU citizens. Unfortunately, despite introducing some promising new elements like transparency and auditing...

CEP-published report "An Unholy Alliance: Links between extremism and illicit trade in East Africa" featured