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CEP President Fran Townsend is interviewed about the terror attack in Nice, France, when a truck plowed into a crowd gathered to watch fireworks on Bastille Day, killing 84 people and injuring dozens of others.
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A California man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to join the Islamic State and lying on a passport application, federal officials said. Adam Dandach, 22, was arrested on July 3, 2014 at John Wayne Airport, where he was planning to...
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CEP Spokesperson and Senior Policy Advisor Tara Maller Speaks with Shepard Smith About Munich Attack.
CounterPoint Blog
Welcome to the View from Brussels, a perspective from the de facto capital of Europe on the state of counterterrorism, extremism, and radicalisation throughout the European Union. The recent terror attacks across Europe and the use of social media...
Press Release
(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project released the following statement today in response to the gruesome attack in Nice, France: "The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) strongly condemns tonight's horrific terrorist attack on a crowd of people...
Press Release
(New York, NY) – When Bangladeshi security forces stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 2 following a 12-hour siege, they found a grisly scene; 20 hostages hacked and stabbed to death. ISIS claimed responsibility for the...
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How can the U.S. fight the spread of Islamic State propaganda? Fighting extremist content online need not be very complicated, according to Dr. Hany Farid, a computer scientist at Dartmouth College.“We don’t need to develop software that determines...
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CEP Spokesperson and Senior Advisor Tara Maller Talks About the Hostage Situation in Bangladesh on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.
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A computer scientist at Dartmouth College has developed new software aimed at quickly identifying and stopping the spread of extremist videos online that are used to incite violent attacks. Dr. Hany Farid developed the software with the Counter...
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CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller joins host Chris Matthews to discuss the latest developments in the Bangladesh hostage situation.
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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