CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses right wing extremism and social media's role in creating the environment that led to the New Zealand attacks. The interview begins at the 30-minute mark of the broadcast.

Following New Zealand Tragedy, CEP Re-Issues Challenge to Mark Zuckerberg to Discuss Tech Issues With Top Experts

In the wake of the tragic shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand that took the lives of 50 and injured dozens of others, CEP re-issued a challenge to Facebook Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to join top CEP advisors for a public...

Facebook’s Much-Touted Improvements to Remove Extremist Content Fail in Wake of New Zealand Attack

Weeks before the New Zealand shootings were live-streamed on Facebook, the company's top executives were touting Artificial Intelligence as key to the company's efforts to improve its safety and security processes. Yet Facebook’s AI algorithms did...

CEP Marks Westminster, Brussels Anniversary, Calls for Action on Extremist Content Online

CEP issued the following statements today to mark the March 22 joint anniversary of the 2017 Westminster Bridge attack and the 2016 Brussels bombings, which together claimed 37 innocent lives.

How Europeans Join Global Jihad

What made Europeans join global jihad? On April 8 in New York, GLOBSEC and the Counter Extremism Project will host an event to present research findings into the pathways and patterns of individual jihadists who joined the terrorism movement, as a...

CEP Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid on ABC News (Australia) Radio

CEP Senior Adviser and digital forensics expert Dr. Hany Farid discusses why social media companies have failed at curbing spread of New Zealand terror attack video and what can be done, with host of RN Breakfast Fran Kelly.

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid discusses why social media platforms failed to detect and permanently remove videos of the New Zealand mosque shootings.

"Germany took on-board these issues and ploughed ahead with its law, known as 'NetzDG', which came into force in January last year. The law creates a process by which people can complain to the companies about hate speech online. A study by the...

"A Georgia woman has been charged with helping the ISIS terrorist group make a 'kill list' of fellow Americans. In early 2017, Vo recruited other people to create content to post online propaganda for ISIS, including a video that threatened a...

"Global social networking giants Facebook, Twitter and Youtube all failed to adequately respond when a white supremacist gunman murdered 51 people in New Zealand, live streaming the event on the internet. The failure of the platforms to adequately...