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Steve Stalinsky

  • Chief Executive Director, MEMRI
Washington, D.C.
As seen in: MEMRI, Forbes, Fox News, The Washington Post, USA Today, Washington Post Opinions, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, SFGate, The Hill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and
Covers:  Terrorists’ use of social media and encryption technology and devising strategies to counter it; terrorists' usage of cryptocurrency and AI
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Steven Stalinsky, PhD, has been Executive Director of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) since 1999. His latest research, centering on terrorists’ use of social media and encryption technology and devising strategies to counter it, can be found at MEMRI’s Cyber Jihad Lab. He has been published in, and interviewed by, major media worldwide. Stalinsky’s expertise is sought after throughout Washington, D.C., where he has briefed staff of the White House, State Department, Homeland Se…

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Steven Stalinsky and Simon Purdue: Neo-Nazis are weaponizing AI

Steven Stalinsky and Simon Purdue: Neo-Nazis are weaponizing AI

In July, the AI chatbot Grok - developed by X (formerly Twitter) - began posting a stream of virulently antis…

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Artificial Intelligence And The New Era Of Terrorism: An Assessment Of How Jihadis Are Using AI T...

Artificial Intelligence And The New Era Of Terrorism: An Assessment Of How Jihadis Are Using AI T...

By: Steven Stalinsky, Ph.D., A. Smith, R. Sosnow, Z. Emile, K. Choukry, Matt Schierer, N. Tariq, N. Mozes, Y.…

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The Urgent Need For A Task Force To Confront The Rapid Proliferation Of AI Across The Cyber Jihad...

The Urgent Need For A Task Force To Confront The Rapid Proliferation Of AI Across The Cyber Jihad...

Terrorist groups have always been quick to seize on new technologies. Today that pattern is accelerating with…

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How Can Social Media Companies Help Stop The Spread Of Extremism?

How Can Social Media Companies Help Stop The Spread Of Extremism?

Companies should set-and follow-a long-overdue industry standard to tackle terrorist and extremist content th…

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The Coming Storm - Part III: As The Trump Administration Moves To Limit Hamas, Hizbullah, Houthi,...

The Coming Storm - Part III: As The Trump Administration Moves To Limit Hamas, Hizbullah, Houthi,...

By Steven Stalinsky Ph.D., R. Sosnow, A. Smith, Z. Emile, K. Choukry, Matt Schierer, N. Tariq, N. Mozes, Y. K…

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Welcome to Dearborn, America’s Jihad Capital

Welcome to Dearborn, America’s Jihad Capital

Thousands march in support of Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. Protesters, many with kaffiyehs covering their faces…

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Opinion | Keep ISIS Off Twitter

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By Steve Stalinsky
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
While Elon Musk is restoring banned users, he should take care to keep jihadists off the platform. By Steven Stalinsky Jan. 10, 2023 5:53 pm ET I briefed Twitter executives in September 2016 about how Islamist terrorists were using the site and what the company could do about it. Until that point, the relationship between my organization, the Middle East Media Research Institute, or Memri, and the San Francisco-based social-media platform had been contentious.
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Opinion: This San Francisco-based website is a favorite of neo-Nazis to spread their hatred

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By Steve Stalinsky
| SFGate Verified
While Congress and NGOs have demanded that Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social media platforms take measures to prevent the spread of hatred, misinformation and incitement to violence on their platforms, the Internet Archive remains a go-to platform for violent antisemites, neo-Nazis, racists and Holocaust deniers.
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Opinion: This San Francisco-based website is neo-Nazis' favorite

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By Steve Stalinsky
| SFGate Verified
In recent years, neo-Nazis, antisemites and other white supremacist and racist groups have been using the San Francisco-based Internet Archive (archive.org) for spreading their propaganda and incitement online. The massive online digital library allows them to, in its own words, "upload movies, audio, texts, software, images, and other formats ... any time you wish" and to freely share the link to the resulting page.
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