Security analysts have noted an upsurge in pro-ISIS social media posts following the death of leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi and predict an influx of new support for the group. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), which monitors posts by radicals, says...

Extremist Content Online: Dell Advertisement Precedes ISIS Propaganda On Russian Streaming Platform

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 found that a Dell advertisement appeared alongside an ISIS Amaq News propaganda...

Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s Death After His Reappearance Online A Blow To ISIS

On October 26, 2019, U.S. forces carried out an operation in Syria’s Idlib province that resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who had served as ISIS’s self-proclaimed caliph since June 2014. U.S. officials confirmed Baghdadi’s identity...

CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the impact of the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Townsend said his death will be a blow to the movement at large.

"Think of a hot-button technology issue: online radicalisation; counterterrorism; fake news; cybersecurity; 5G networks safety. There is a good chance that Julian King is the EU official in charge of that issue. Of the 22 Security Union laws proposed...

"The loss of one person, Braniff believes, even someone like Baghdadi, will not likely destroy a significant terror organization like ISIS. Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project has a slightly different view....

Afghanistan Rocked By Terror Attacks Following Aborted Peace Process

In the aftermath of failed peace negotiations between the United States and the Taliban, the terror organization is continuing its relentless barrage of near-daily attacks on Afghanistan’s security forces. On October 22, 2019, the Taliban stormed a...

U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Introduces Legislation To Help Curb Online Extremism

This week, the U.S. House Homeland Security committee unanimously advanced the National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act ( H.R. 4782). The legislation, introduced by Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson, would establish a 12...

CEP Advisory Board Member Senator Joseph I. Lieberman writes: "With each new terror attack or mass murder linked to extremist content online, major tech companies like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter make promises to better police their platforms. But...

Anjem Choudary’s Extremist Network Rebuilds in Year After Radical Cleric’s Early Release from Prison

In the year since Anjem Choudary’s early release from prison, the radical Islamic cleric and convicted ISIS supporter has inspired a revival of al-Muhajiroun , the U.K.-banned extremist group he co-founded in 1996. In its report, Anjem Choudary’s...