CEP in the News

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Oktober 27, 2020

"Others call for the authorities to adopt a harder approach. As Slovakia has done, the criminalisation of far-right networks should be approached through the counterterrorism lens, said Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism...

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Oktober 25, 2020

"The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, is classified by the Counter Extremism Project as a military, terrorist, transnational and violent group. The US government also officially designated the IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation in...

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Oktober 23, 2020

CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace writes, "Counter-extremism and even online counterterrorism efforts require nuanced understanding and well-designed programmes based on well-founded theories of change. Such programmes are regularly evaluated and...

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Oktober 22, 2020

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler spoke with JJ Green of WTOP's The Hunt about the beheading of a school teacher in France: "What you see here is that hate speech online actually kills people offline. There is a clear line between what...

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Oktober 22, 2020

"During a webinar for the Counter Extremism Project on 'The current threat landscape in Afghanistan,' Mr Fitton-Brown said ties between the two organisations remain. 'Al Qaeda senior figures remain in Afghanistan as well as hundreds of armed...

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Oktober 21, 2020

"The legislation has early support from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the Counter Extremism Project and the Anti-Defamation League. The bill does not yet have support in the Senate."

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Oktober 20, 2020

"UC Berkley professor Dr. Hany Farid, a senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project, called the Eshoo-Malinowski bill 'an important measure' that would 'hold the technology sector accountable for irresponsibly deploying algorithms that amplify...

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Oktober 20, 2020

"Hans-Jakob Schindler, director at the Counter Extremism Project, said tech companies were failing to tackle extremist content. 'The CEP is very critical of the tech industry for its failings to adequately monitor and moderate its products so that...

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Oktober 20, 2020

CEP Advisor Liam Duffy writes: "This was no lone wolf jihadist. Parisian Islamists stoked the flames, warning that a French genocide of Muslims was imminent if this blasphemy were tolerated. From this ecosystem of rage and grievance, the assassin...

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Oktober 19, 2020

"Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, told VICE News that Macron’s renewed commitment to tackling Islamist extremism 'seems to be a step in the right direction.' 'Actions must have consequences,' he said. 'Groups...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

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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