"In October 2018, Cloudflare stood out by continuing to support the chat platform Gab–infamous for racist chatter, including a post by Robert Bowers, who was charged with murdering 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue on October 27. Infrastructure...

"Cloudflare, a San Francisco content delivery network rumored to be prepping for a $3.5 billion IPO, is no stranger to controversy over its absolutist free-speech policies–and often embraces the debate. The latest flashpoint was a December Huffington...

CEP Commends U.K. Government for Proposed Ban on Hezbollah in its Entirety

CEP President Frances F. Townsend released a statement today commending the U.K. government for proposing that Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah be banned in its entirety. Previously, like most of Europe, the U.K. had banned only the so-called...

Europe Must Follow the U.K. in Banning Hezbollah in its Entirety

Europe has a Hezbollah problem. Last June, Hezbollah flags flew across London as protesters marked Quds Day, Iran’s annual day of anti-Israel protests. British officials found themselves unable to block the protests as demonstrators argued that they...

Freenom Stops Providing Online Services to Pro-ISIS Website After CEP Conveys Concerns

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen today released a statement commending Netherlands-based Freenom, an online domain name provider, for taking down a pro-ISIS website following CEP’s alerting the company about the site's proliferation of terror...

Extremist Content Online: Telegram Used by ISIS to Spread Propaganda Globally

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week’s edition reveals a Telegram channel that called for lone actor terrorist attacks in London...

YouTube Child Exploitation Scandal Shows Once Again That Big Tech Only Acts Following Controversy

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement after Google-owned YouTube was found to be facilitating pedophiles’ ability to connect and share content harmful to children. Since the incident, major companies like Disney, Nestle, Epic Games...

"Earlier this month, EU authorities tightened restrictions on chemical sales in what they said was a bid to stop the returning ISIS jihadists from targeting Europeans with homemade explosives. The proposals, which have still to be signed off by the...

"This is how Hoda Muthana became an ISIS fanatic on Twitter. The 24-year-old 'ISIS bride' — who is currently in Syria begging to be allowed back into the US — ran off to join the terror group in November 2014 after being radicalized through the...

"A BOMB-MAKING video used by the Manchester Arena terrorist is again being shared online, The Sun can reveal. Since the Manchester bombing in May 2017, researchers from the Counter Extremism Project have found the video circulating online 24 separate...