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On August 23, 2017, Boko Haram insurgents attacked several villages in northern Nigeria’s Borno State. The extremists shot at villagers and slit their throats, killing 27 people and wounding at least 6 others.
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"Links between social media content and real-world crimes and atrocities have been drawn by the CEP. Senior analyst Joshua Fisher-Birch told Metro.co.uk: 'Individuals may become interested in violent right-wing extremist ideology and participate in...
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"According to the Counter Extremism Project, 'NRM leaders and members have carried out numerous attacks against gay people, Muslim asylum seekers, and the group's ideological adversaries'. A quarter of the group's members have been convicted of a...
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CEP Senior Analyst Joshua Fisher-Birch quoted: "Even groups that claim not to support violence can be dangerous and play a role in radicalizing by spreading racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, or anti-immigrant ideology. Individuals might take violent...
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CEP Senior Researcher Josh Lipowsky writes: "However, airmen and students are not Qatar’s only guests. The emirate also chooses to host leaders from Hamas, the Taliban, and the Muslim Brotherhood. Additionally, Qatari financial institutions stand...
Press Release
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, ISIS supporters on RocketChat celebrated the murder of three...
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"'The recent surge of terror attacks in France has shown that now, more than ever before, we need to clamp down on the spread of terrorist content online,' said David Ibsen, executive director of the Counter Extremism Project. ... Yet Ibsen said...
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CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid quoted: "Franchi’s resilience doesn’t surprise Hany Farid, a University of California at Berkeley computer science professor who studies YouTube’s response to conspiracy channels. He said for all the headlines about...
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On October 30, 2020 CEP held a webinar that focused on the NRM’s activities in the Nordic countries to explore the various facets of this group’s activities and operations. CEP was honored to welcome four of the most pertinent experts on this subject...
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CEP Executive Director David L. Ibsen says it is “urgent to counter this proliferation of hate messages, which are very effective among vulnerable individuals.”
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CEP Executive Director David Ibsen quoted: “What is not tolerated in public space should not be tolerated in social media [...] the recent surge of terrorist attacks in France shows that, more than ever before that, we need to crack down on the...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On August 23, 2017, Boko Haram insurgents attacked several villages in northern Nigeria’s Borno State. The extremists shot at villagers and slit their throats, killing 27 people and wounding at least 6 others.
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