Tech & Terrorism: Tech’s Activist Role In Content Moderation Undermines Industry Arguments For Section 230 Protections

Technology giants like Facebook, Twitter, and Google/YouTube have long maintained that they are merely neutral platforms and cannot be held responsible for what users choose to post and share on their sites. Section 230 of the Communications Decency...

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses what the FBI found on wo iPhones that belonged to the Saudi pilot who killed three service members and wounded eight other people at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in a terror attack in December...

CEP Senior Researcher Josh Lipowsky quoted: "ISIS views the global pandemic as an opportunity to weaken its enemies further. Governments are trying to maintain their focus on international security issues at the same time they are addressing a global...

"Over 1.1 billion dirhams ($300 million) in donations to ISIS could be hidden in cryptocurrency, according to think tank The Counter Extremism Project."

"Lockdowns fit this recruitment agenda. Stuck at home with money running short, people might become 'more receptive to these movements,' warns Joshua Fisher-Birch, of the Counter-Extremism Project, an NGO."

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted regarding new report, Cryptocurrencies and Terrorist Financing: "I wonder if from 2017 to 2020 there was $300 million we couldn't find and that's why I think it could be one of the ways it could have...

"The Counter Extremism Project, a non-profit, non-governmental organization that combats extremist groups, believes that as much as $300 million (1.1 billion dirhams) worth of donations made to ISIS could be hidden in cryptocurrency."

"The Counter Extremism Project, a think tank, tracked the trend in a new report, Cryptocurrencies and Financing of Terrorism: Threat Assessment and Regulatory Challenges, launched in an online seminar on Monday."

Extremist Content Online: Telegram Continues Providing An Open Channel For Extremists To Spread Violent Propaganda, Hate Speech

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, ISIS released a new propaganda video titled “ And Strike...

"The Counter Extremism Project, a think tank, tracked the trend in a new report, Cryptocurrencies and Financing of Terrorism: Threat Assessment and Regulatory Challenges, launched in a webinar on Monday. CEP director Hans-Jakob Schindler, who...