The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is highlighting Anwar al-Awlaki’s Violent Legacy in a collection of resources on the U.S.-born cleric who had for years served as a radicalizing figure for U.S. and European extremists. Awlaki, the leader of...

YouTube Inconsistently Applying “Warning Labels” to Awlaki Material

After years of refusing to remove lectures by radical cleric and all-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki on its platform, YouTube appears to have at least reluctantly acknowledged the influence of Awlaki ’s radicalizing material. CEP discovered a warning...

Anwar al-Awlaki’s Violent Legacy Continues Years After His Death

CEP highlighted Anwar al-Awlaki ’s Violent Legacy in a collection of resources on the U.S.-born cleric who became a radicalizing figure tied to scores of extremists in the U.S. and Europe. Awlaki, the leader of external operations for al-Qaeda in the...

Three senior members of the Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (ICCS) have been charged with making propaganda films for Al-Qaeda, Swiss prosecutors said on Thursday. “This story highlights the value to terrorist groups of online propaganda to...

In this op-ed, CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid writes: "The CDA law that provides blanket legal protection for the things people post online was never intended to shield sex traffickers and other illegal and dangerous online activities. Technology...

The Counter Extremism Project, a non-profit that focuses in part on disrupting extremist recruitment online, says in letters to Cloudflare, WordPress parent Automattic and GoDaddy that the companies should stop providing services to sites associated...

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses the latest developments in the London Subway Bombing.

CEP Senior Advisor Tara Maller joins host J.J. Green to discuss the changing landscarpe of terror since the Septermber 11 attacks.

In the aftermath of Charlottesville, several technology companies including Cloudfare, GoDaddy and WordPress.com removed the white supremacist websites The Daily Stormer and Vanguard America from their servers. This action ignited debate over how...

After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Americans collectively searched for answers about who was behind the terror attack and why it occurred. While Osama bin Laden will forever be known as the mastermind of the tragedy, Iran’s role in the...