"Not long after a man gunned down dozens and killed at least 50 worshipers inside two New Zealand mosques while wearing a body-mounted camera to record the carnage, the video quickly spread on YouTube — it was repeatedly taken down and then posted...

CEP Statement in Support of Australian Prime Minister’s Call for the G20 to Address Regulation of Tech Industry in Wake of New Zealand Attacks

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid and Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement in support of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s call for the Group of Twenty (G20 ) to take measures against social media companies in the wake of the...

"FAR-RIGHT fanatics could form a 'sizeable army of terrorists' on social media, UK experts warned last night. Professor Anthony Glees of the Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies said: 'In a particular country, there may be a small minority of...

CEP President Fran Townsend on CBS This Morning

Following the March 15, 2019 attack on two mosques in New Zealand, CEP President Frances Townsend discusses whether the suspect was known to authorities and the role of social media.

CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the aftermath of the New Zealand attacks and why Congress needs to revisit social media companies' exemptions.

"New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday said she would be looking for answers from Facebook and other social media firms about how an attack that killed 50 mosque-goers was livestreamed on their platforms. The shootings in New Zealand...

CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the attack at two New Zealand mosques and the rise of right-wing violence

"Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube were all criticised for their handling of extremist content on their platforms after video footage of the New Zealand mosque shootings was live streamed and widely shared online. Fifty people died in and after...

"It’s no longer possible to brush off such events as isolated incidents or to minimize the role of social media companies in enabling them. Tech companies can’t be allowed to shrug off the violence and social division abetted by their products as if...

CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace discusses the unwillingness of social media companies to effectively respond to the proliferation of radicalizing and violent extremist content on their platforms. "Right now they claim they are surprised by this --...