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Februar 13, 2019

"Europe is beefing up its rules to keep terrorists from making homemade bombs with domestic products. The rules, which should go into effect around the end of 2020, will now require businesses to report "suspicious" sales of some substances within 24...

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Februar 12, 2019

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid discusses the need for Facebook and other tech companies to do more to combat dangerous extremist content online. In a February 5 letter, CEP invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to join top CEP advisors for a public...

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Februar 11, 2019

"The inflammatory website of a violent terrorist group responsible for killing hundreds of US and coalition soldiers in Iraq is currently being hosted by one of America's biggest web companies, nine.com.au can exclusively reveal. Kataib Hezbollah (KH...

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Februar 6, 2019

"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) this week invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to host a public conversation about removing extremist content from the platform. The group extended the invitation following Zuckerberg's commitment earlier this...

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Februar 6, 2019

The U.S. has done a good job of locking up people who are convicted of terrorism, but what happens when those people have completed their terms? Lucinda Creighton, senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project, joins host J.J. Green to discuss the...

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Februar 5, 2019

“YouTube has refused to take down a rare neo-Nazi manifesto, which is a beloved text of violent far-right groups who lionise Adolf Hitler and cult killer Charles Manson. Siege, written by American neo-Nazi James Mason and published in 1992, discusses...

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Februar 4, 2019

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen writes: "It’s 15 years since Facebook was born and – like all adolescents – it’s getting into trouble. However, Facebook’s kind of trouble is a little more serious than most teenagers. We at the Counter Extremism...

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Februar 1, 2019

CEP Senior Advisor and former UK Ambassador to Ireland Sir Ivor Roberts writes: "It is too easy to be smug about the relative peace that has prevailed in Northern Ireland over the past 20 years. The threat of a return to violence in Northern Ireland...

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Januar 31, 2019

"Less than two years after victory was declared over ISIS-aligned militants in Marawi, the threat of extremism has returned to the southern Philippines. In response, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to hit resurgent militants hard, but...

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Januar 31, 2019

CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the worldwide threat assessment presented in testimony to Congress and the importance of the relationship between the President and the intelligence community.

Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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