CEP Webinar: (Mis)Understanding the Transnational Violent Extreme-Right Active Club Strategy

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to a webinar to discuss the latest developments around the white supremacist Active Club network in the U.S. and Europe. Active Clubs are arguably the largest and fastest growing violent extreme-right...

Extremist Content Online: Antisemitic, Anti-Muslim, And Pro-Nazi Content Located On TikTok

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located 20 TikTok accounts showcasing antisemitic, anti...

"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) recently made a submission to the government's right-wing extremism inquiry in which it said extremists were increasingly turning towards under-regulated mainstream social media platforms."

"Voice of America also cited a report by the Counter Extremism Project, a nonprofit that moinitors global terrorist activity, that concluded 'March was, by every metric, the most violent month of ISIS’s Badia [central Syrian desert] insurgency since...

Remembering the heroism of Poway amid soaring antisemitism

On April 27, 2019, 19-year-old John Earnest broke into a Chabad synagogue in Poway, California, as about 100 congregants marked the Jewish Sabbath and the last day of Passover. Firing an AR-15 – style automatic rifle, Earnest killed 60-year-old Lori...

Eye on Extremism: April 26, 2024

“Iraq had hanged 11 militants sentenced to death on terrorism charges, local security officials said on Thursday. The executions were carried out on Monday at a prison in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya and all those executed were Iraqi...

U.S. Marks Fifth Anniversary Of The Poway Synagogue Shooting Amid Surge In Antisemitism

On Saturday, amid surging antisemitism around the world, Americans will mark the fifth anniversary of the deadly shooting at the Chabad of Poway, California, which killed one and injured three. In the five years since that horrific attack...

Eye on Extremism: April 24, 2024

“Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday to protect the community from a potential attack, officials said. The seven, aged 15 to 17, were part of a network that...

"Exit programs would generally work well in Germany, says Sofia Koller from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP). She has been researching how to deal with IS returnees for years. She warns that exit processes do not work linearly. Time and again...

The Black Bloc: Autonomous Movement(s) in Europe

Left-wing extremism and terrorism remain a significant form of ideologically motivated violence. Transnational connectivity and loose, leaderless networks—both offline and online—are key elements of this milieu’s operations. As with other extremist...