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Oktober 30, 2018

One Year After N.Y. Truck Attack, Online Extremist Content Remains Powerful Radicalizing Tool

One year after Sayfullo Saipov allegedly ran down and killed eight people with a rental truck on a lower Manhattan bicycle path, radicalizing extremist content sadly remains easily accessible on the Internet and social media platforms, CEP Executive...

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Oktober 25, 2018

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: Facebook Hires Nick Clegg as Leadership “Exodus” Continues

The leadership exodus at Facebook continues. Writing for Variety , reporter Maya Kosoff chronicled the numerous executive departures from the company this year and asked, “what the hell is happening at Facebook?” In September, Instagram co-founders...

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Oktober 18, 2018

ICYMI: It’s important that we starve bogeyman Anjem Choudary of the power he craves

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson, a former U.K. jail governor who led the independent review into extremism in prisons, in an opinion piece in the Sun newspaper, discusses the need for ISIS propagandist Anjem Choudary to "disappear from public...

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Oktober 16, 2018

Convicted ISIS Propagandist Anjem Choudary to be Released Early from Prison

Convicted ISIS propagandist Anjem Choudary will be freed this month after serving only half his prison sentence. ​Choudary is a founding member of extremist group al-Muhajiroun, which was subsequently banned in the United Kingdom. He has been linked...

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Oktober 16, 2018

Outdated Regulations & Utilization of Encryption: ISIS’ Perfect Storm

While it has appeared that ISIS’ long-standing dominance may be dwindling, many are urging caution regarding this theory. Early last week, the Daily Beast reflected on the group’s genesis and outreach techniques. “The group gained notoriety worldwide...

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Oktober 12, 2018

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: Facebook’s Next Communications Lead Has Work Cut Out For Them

Facebook’s next head of communications will have their work cut out for them. After Elliot Schrage announced his departure from the company in June, Recode reported this week that Mr. Zuckerberg was looking to the outside to find his replacement. It...

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Oktober 9, 2018

YouTube’s Algorithms Are Radicalizing Youth Faster Than Ever

While Facebook often takes the brunt of criticism for their lackadaisical content moderation policies, as Data & Society’s Becca Lewis recently wrote in an op-ed for NBC News, YouTube also plays a role in online extremism. For example, when viewing...

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Oktober 4, 2018

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: Another Day, Another Problem For Facebook

Facebook’s problems recently compounded in a big way, to the tune of 50 million users. Last week, the social media company discovered that it had been exploited by outside hackers, exposing personal information for all of those affected. As The New...

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Oktober 3, 2018

Extremists and Online Propaganda

CEP today released a new report that details the online platforms sought out by known extremists on their path to radicalism. The study directly links radicalized Westerners to the extremist propaganda they consumed and/or shared on popular online...

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Oktober 1, 2018

Neo-Nazis & Terror How-To Videos: The Continued Normalization of Online Extremism

With the interconnectivity that comes with the Internet and social media, extremists who would have otherwise never found each other are coming together like never before – and they’re finding strength in numbers. The New York Times reported last...

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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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