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Juni 8, 2023

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Deteriorating Security Situation in West Africa – Cooperation Terrorism/Transnational Organized Crime and Cooperation Between Terrorist Groups

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, focusing on deteriorating security situation in West Africa and the Sahel region.

Press Release

Juni 6, 2023

Tech & Terrorism: Big Tech Companies Cut Ethics And Safety Staff Following Section 230 Ruling

(New York, N.Y.) — In the wake of twin U.S. Supreme Court rulings that largely maintained the liability shield in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, major tech companies are sharply reducing their workforce responsible for content...

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Press Release

Juni 6, 2023

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Taliban’s Takeover In Afghanistan – Effects On Global Terrorism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Thursday, June 29, 2023, focusing on the reemerging security risks emanating from Afghanistan.

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Press Release

Juni 5, 2023

Extremist Content Online: TikTok Accounts Spreading Extreme Right Propaganda And Glorifying Terrorism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located multiple TikTok accounts promoting...

Press Release

Juni 2, 2023

Erdoğan’s Election Victory

On Sunday, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan triumphed in a runoff election for the Turkish presidency that international observers deemed free but not fair. Erdoğan, the two decades-long leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), defeated his opponent...

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Press Release

Juni 1, 2023

Uptick In Hamas Violence Coincides With Continued Hospitality By International Enablers

Last week, Israel’s Shin Bet security service announced it had foiled an attempted bombing in April by Hamas and arrested a suspect, Israeli-Arab citizen Muhammed Nadir Mahajneh. According to the indictment against Mahajneh, Hamas had recruited him...

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Press Release

Mai 30, 2023

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Twitter Accounts Used To Spread Propaganda

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located three Twitter accounts disseminating...

Press Release

Mai 23, 2023

Tech & Terrorism: Supreme Court Rulings Should Prompt Congress To Pass Section 230 Reforms

The rulings issued last week by the U.S. Supreme Court in Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter Inc. v. Taamneh allowed an overly broad interpretation of the liability shield in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to stand, affording tech...

Press Release

Mai 23, 2023

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Taliban’s Takeover In Afghanistan – Effects On Global Terrorism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, focusing on the reemerging security risks emanating from Afghanistan.

Press Release

Mai 22, 2023

Extremist Content Online: Library Of White Supremacist Literature Located On New Zealand-Based Mega.Nz

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located a library of white supremacist, neo...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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