
AI-Powered Detection and Analysis of Online Radicalization

Context
CounteR is a European research and innovation project focused on detecting and analyzing online radicalization through AI-assisted content discovery and advanced analytical technologies.
The project brings together expertise in artificial intelligence, data engineering, cybersecurity, and privacy protection to support law enforcement agencies and online platforms.
ASSIST Software coordinated the consortium and led platform architecture, integration, and development, contributing to AI model training, data processing, and secure deployment infrastructure.
Countries:
Services
Detecting online radicalisation signals across fragmented data sources while protecting privacy.
AI-powered platform for content discovery, multimodal analysis, and secure data processing.
Supporting law enforcement investigations and online content moderation workflows.
May 2021 – April 2024
Total project budget
EU funding programme
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A Smarter Approach to Radicalization Analysis
CounteR combines complementary AI technologies and privacy-conscious data management in one platform, enabling richer analysis while maintaining human oversight.

Connects specialized research components through a shared architecture, enabling coordinated analysis.
Applies data protection measures within processing workflows rather than treating privacy as an additional layer.
Places individual classifications within a broader analytical context to support informed interpretation.
Accommodates different security policies and infrastructure requirements through cloud and on-premises deployment.
Advancing Research in AI-Powered Online Safety
The CounteR consortium contributed to research on privacy-preserving AI, multilingual content analysis, and social network intelligence. These efforts produced datasets and analytical approaches supporting further research into online radicalization and digital safety.
Three research contributions:
Privacy-Preserving Classification
The Cloaked Classifiers dataset explores pseudonymization techniques for classification tasks involving sensitive information.
Multilingual Content Detection
Research into multilingual hate-speech detection supports the analysis of harmful content across different languages.
Social Network Risk Analysis
The HURI approach investigates risk-related patterns within online networks to support contextual analysis.
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