"Mastodon was launched as a decentralized, social justice friendly Twitter alternative that was free of Nazis and harassment. But two years later, the biggest Mastodon instance is now Gab, a far-right social media network known widely as a gathering...

"Now and over the coming five years, prison time for a deluge of extremists is coming to an end. Unlike other countries, 'the United States has neither established a formal rehabilitation and re-entry programme for convicted terrorists nor developed...

In Policy Reversal, YouTube Removes Audiobook Copies of Siege, The Turner Diaries

Copies of Audiobook uploads of the neo-Nazi manifesto Siege and The Turner Diaries , a so-called “ Handbook for White Victory ” for white nationalists, seem to have been taken down by YouTube. The apparent removal of these videos represents a policy...

"On Tuesday, Iran threatened the United States, warning that it would destroy American military bases and aircraft carriers 'if they make a mistake.' As The Counter Extremism Project has noted: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is tasked...

New CEP Reports Detail Muslim Brotherhood History, Activities Across the Middle East and North Africa

CEP today released new reports on the Muslim Brotherhood in 12 countries. The new reports detail the Sunni Islamist movement’s origins, history, violent activities, and government designations in: Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco...

“Pastor Steven Anderson uses his pulpit as his hate platform and justifies his extremist views in the name of religion. Banned from half a dozen countries across the globe, the US-born hate preacher has lauded the 2016 Orlando massacre, publicly...

"A professor at the University of California, Berkeley on Tuesday warned that deepfake technology is being used to target women and create nonconsensual pornography. 'These aren’t abstract notions,' Hany Farid, who is also a senior advisor to the...

Extremism Spotlight: Siege’s Ties to Extremists

James Mason’s neo-Nazi manifesto, Siege , has since inspired a generation of neo-Nazis since it was first published as a single volume in 1992. The book sparked a violent online subculture called Siege Culture, devoted to Mason’s calls for...

CEP Research and Policy Analyst Alan Goldsmith writes: "June 26 marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, commemorated on the anniversary of the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture. For many imprisoned...

Extremist Content Online: Blood & Honour and Combat 18 Maintain Online Presence

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, CEP details the online presence for neo-Nazi groups Blood & Honour and Combat 18, both...