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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YouTube is unable or unwilling to keep known extreme neo-Nazi propaganda off their website. An Atomwaffen Division ( AWD ) propaganda video clip has been reuploaded to YouTube, most likely by the original uploader . In both cases, the account has...
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CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week’s edition finds the Yom Kippur synagogue shooting in Halle, Germany that was livestreamed on...
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Facebook recently made modifications to its Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy, in an attempt to limit extremism on its platform. Amongst other changes, the company updated its definition of terrorist organizations from “acts of violence...
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A renewed spotlight has been placed on the power and influence of Iran-aligned militias in Iraq. Known as the Popular Mobilization Forces ( PMFs ), these predominantly Shiite, anti-American, and anti-Sunni extremists have created issues for Iraqi...
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CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week’s edition finds that the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division has released a new video and...
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Child exploitation content on the Internet has dramatically increased, and current efforts to prevent and remove it by tech companies and law enforcement are not enough. In a recent New York Times article , Counter Extremism Project ( CEP ) Senior...
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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, neo-Nazi James Mason spoke out against mass shootings in a podcast, but his remarks...
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On September 16, 2019, ISIS’s al Furqan Media Foundation released an address by the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi . Titled “And Say, Act,” the speech was widely released on Telegram and various audio, video, and file sharing platforms...
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Terrorist groups are recruiting and radicalising criminals in an effort to carry out attacks on European soil. A new joint study by the Counter Extremism Project ( CEP ) and the European Policy Centre ( EPC ), Guns and Glory: Criminality...
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On Friday, September 20, the Counter Extremism Project ( CEP ) and Bratislava-based think tank GLOBSEC released its newest collaborative report, (Few) Jihadis Without Jihad? Central Eastern Europeans And Their Lack Of Pathways To Global Jihad . The...
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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