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July 6, 2016

A computer scientist at Dartmouth College has developed new software aimed at quickly identifying and stopping the spread of extremist videos online that are used to incite violent attacks. Dr. Hany Farid developed the software with the Counter...

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July 6, 2016

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller joins host Chris Matthews to discuss the latest developments in the Bangladesh hostage situation.

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July 5, 2016

When Hany Farid started working a few decades ago on analyzing digital images, he was thinking about how to detect forgeries and copies of still photos and probably hadn’t even heard of the word “jihad.” Fast forward to 2016. The Dartmouth professor...

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June 30, 2016

CEP President and former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor Fran Townsend discusses the investigation process that comes after a terrorist attack with host Kate Snow.

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June 29, 2016

An American non-profit policy organization announced recently the launch of an app that allows social media companies and Internet sites to “quickly remove” jihadist, ISIS-related online propaganda from their platforms. The Counter Extremism Project...

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June 29, 2016

CEP President Fran Townsend, former Homeland Security advisor to President George W. Bush, joins "CBS This Morning" to weigh in on whether ISIS is to blame for the deadly blasts in Istanbul's major airport and the Turkish security officials' quick...

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June 28, 2016

Since 2008, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) has offered to share with ISPs a list of hash values that correspond to known child abuse images. That list, which was eventually coupled with Microsoft’s own PhotoDNA...

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June 28, 2016

This article in the Spanish publication S ilicon, describes software developed by CEP that can automatically detect and remove extremist content from platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

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June 28, 2016

On June 28, 2016, CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discussed the terrorist attack at Istanbul's Ataturk airport with host Chris Matthews.

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June 27, 2016

The "Islamic State" group (IS) has made extraordinary use of social media to recruit followers and inspire attacks. Facebook and Twitter say they are working hard to shut down extremists' profiles and remove offensive content. But IS still has a huge...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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