CEP in the News

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April 23, 2020

"Instagram harmful content. Researchers from the Counter Extremism Project report this week that they have unearthed pro-ISIS and neo-Nazi accounts advocating for violence on the Instagram platform."

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April 22, 2020

“'While there is no link at this time between Wortman and neo-Nazi groups or ideology, it makes sense that the most violent neo-Nazi accelerationist elements would glorify him,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, an analyst specializing in the far-right at...

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April 22, 2020

"The motive behind this data dump, according to researchers from anti-terrorism watchdogs like SITE and Counter Extremism Project, seems to be to sow discontent, misinformation, and resentment amid a population already reeling under the socio...

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April 22, 2020

"The Counter Extremism Project says extremist groups are continuing to plot attacks. 'The arrest of an ISIS-linked cell in Germany on April 15 is a reminder of that reality,' it said. "The suspects were also reportedly involved in raising funds for...

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April 17, 2020

“'Neo-Nazi accelerationist Telegram channels have increased their calls for destabilisation and violence related to Covid-19,' Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher with the US-based Counter Extremism Project, told Al Jazeera. 'These channels are...

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April 16, 2020

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "...one figure stated as ‘current’ stands out – and not in a good way. The number of people who the security service has investigated for links to terrorism has doubled from 20,000 in 2017 to 40,000 now."

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April 15, 2020

"Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher for the Counter Extremism Project, says that groups like the ‘Nordic Resistance’ and ‘Hundred Handers’ have sought to increase their membership by capitalising on the pandemic, and ‘Generation Identity’ has used the...

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April 15, 2020

CEP Senior Director, Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, spoke with J.J. Green of WTOP's The Hunt about five Tajik nationals arrested by German police on suspicion they were members of an Islamic State cell planning attacks on U.S. forces stationed in Germany.

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April 15, 2020

"Williams spomína Joshuu Fishera-Bircha, výskumného pracovníka v projekte boja proti extrémizmu, podľa ktorého skupiny ako „Nordic Resistance“ a „Hundred Handers“ sa snažia ťažiť z pandémie a skupina „Generation Identity“ využíva krízu na podporu...

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April 12, 2020

"'Many of them currently see the US in a situation in which confidence in the state is declining, in addition to the great economic downturn,' says Joshua Fisher-Birch from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) to SPIEGEL."

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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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