Extremist Content Online: White Supremacist Accelerationists And Neo-Nazis Celebrate Violence in Minneapolis

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. CEP researchers found that white supremacist accelerationists and neo...

Virginia Man Indicted For Conspiring With Somali Terror Group

This week, former Northern Virginia resident and FBI most-wanted terrorist Liban Haji Mohamed, was indicted in federal court on charges of conspiring to provide material support to the Somalia-based terrorist group, al-Shabab. The complaint alleges...

Tech & Terrorism: Coronavirus Misinformation Across Internet Shows Industry’s Failings

Extremist groups spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have moved away from popular social media platforms to other sites to sow discord and disperse their radical ideologies. Extremists are increasingly...

CEP Webinar: Can Convicted Terrorists Be Rehabilitated?

Many terrorist offenders imprisoned in the European Union and the United States will be released in the coming years. The significant increase in convictions of Foreign Terrorist Fighters since 2014 has created a larger than ever terrorism-related...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler's study on 'Terrorist Financing and Social Media' published by the Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW), featured by the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zürich.

Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazi Manifesto Siege Re-Emerges For Sale On Lulu Despite Previous Removal for TOS Violation

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, three separate uploads of James Mason’s neo-Nazi manifesto...

CEP-GLOBSEC Webinar: "How To Map The Muslim Brotherhood’s Presence In An Uncharted Region?"

On May 25, 2020, The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and Bratislava, Slovakia-based think tank GLOBSEC hosted a webinar discussion, launching the first report on mapping Muslim Brotherhood activities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

"Josh Lipowsky, of the US-based Counter Extremism Project, said: 'Isis views the global pandemic as an opportunity to weaken its enemies.'"

"Josh Lipowsky, of the US-based Counter Extremism Project, said: 'Isis views the global pandemic as an opportunity to weaken its enemies.'"

Tech & Terrorism: Tech’s Activist Role In Content Moderation Undermines Industry Arguments For Section 230 Protections

Technology giants like Facebook, Twitter, and Google/YouTube have long maintained that they are merely neutral platforms and cannot be held responsible for what users choose to post and share on their sites. Section 230 of the Communications Decency...