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“Today, the alignment of big tech companies with Donald Trump – and with the global far right – has become obvious. But it wasn’t always like this. A well-aligned public relations pitch, a team of lobbyists with various ideological hues and sophisticated techniques to win the hearts and minds of politicians, journalists and civil society were crucial in shielding these large corporations from regulation and public scrutiny for years… They deny, deny, deny. They say they are neutral platforms, that their recommendation algorithms follow users' preferences. But several studies, including one by Facebook itself, show that this is nonsense. The dossier cites this one, from the Counter Extremism Project, which shows how YouTube's algorithm promotes misinformation, conspiracy theories, and extremism. The same goes for Twitter, TikTok, and Meta.”

Date
February 6, 2025
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Content Variety
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CEP Senior Advisor Lucinda Creighton interviewed: "Europe’s terrorist content bill came into effect just two months ago and represents a positive step forward. The Counter Extremism Project, with whom I work, supported it.  The bill is not a vague catchall like hate speech legislation, which is subjective, open to misinterpretation, and raises legitimate freedom of expression concerns. This terrorist content law defines what type of videos and other content are considered to be terrorist. It is explicit. Bomb-making videos, for example, are forbidden. These videos are not a reasonable expression of speech – they are designed for malign purposes. Under the new European law, police notifications to remove such content are binding."

Date
August 4, 2022
Article Source
Content Variety

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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