The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to a webinar on Thursday,
January 11, 2024 to present a new, in-depth report concerning a major source of
Houthi intelligence and revenue: telecommunications in Yemen.





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CEP Webinar: Spying, Extorting and Filtering – How The Houthis Control
Telecommunications In Yemen


(New York, N.Y. / Berlin, Germany) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
invites you to a webinar on Thursday, January 11, 2024 to present a new,
in-depth report concerning a major source of Houthi intelligence and revenue:
telecommunications in Yemen.



The Houthis may have appeared unsophisticated to outside observers when they
took Sanaa in 2014. However, since then they have had a very deliberate
approach toward information technology. The Houthis have made it a priority to
control all Internet and cellular communications companies in their territory,
providing unfettered access to private communications, the creation of an
“information bubble” to indoctrinate the Yemeni public, and a source of
considerable revenue in an otherwise bleak Yemeni economy.



CEP’s report on Yemeni telecommunications documents Houthi efforts to control,
shape and surveil the Yemeni information space. The terror group has undertaken
significant measures to this end, from major transactions with multinationals
via straw companies to imprisonment of senior officials to force their
compliance with Houthi demands. As it stands, there are no real alternatives in
Yemen to the telecommunications companies other than those under Houthi control.



The webinar will be conducted in English via Zoom.



To read the CEP report “The Houthis’ Use of Technology for Repression,” please
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Date: January 11, 2024

Time: 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ET / 16:00 – 17:30 CET



EVENT PROGRAM:



Presentation:



Ari Heistein

Author of the CEP report series

Yemen Specialist and Defense Technology Professional



Discussant:



Amb. Edmund Fitton-Brown

Senior Advisor, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)



Moderator:



Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler

Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)



The presentations will be followed by a Q&A-session open to all participants.



REGISTRATION:



To participate in this webinar please register via this link:

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Please register up to one hour before the webinar start so that your
registration can be approved in time.



Please feel free to forward this invitation to colleagues with an interest in
the subject.



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