The CounterPoint Blog

September 26, 2017 CEP Staff

Bizarre “Warning Labels” for Terrorist Content on YouTube

On August 30, 2017, the Counter Extremism Project found that YouTube had posted a “warning label” on an extremist lecture by notorious al-Qaeda recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki: Awlaki’s lectures have played an influential role in inspiring dozens of U.S...

September 08, 2017 Josh Lipowsky

Give UNIFIL Some Teeth

The U.N. Security Council recently renewed the mandate of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the international peacekeeping force that has been present in Lebanon since 1978. Under pressure from the United States, the Security Council...

August 03, 2017 Felicia Woron

Insta-Terrorist: Al-Qaeda Financier on Instagram

You may be a notorious terrorist financier, but you can still use Instagram to raise money. At least that’s the case for U.N.-sanctioned Hajjaj bin Fahd al Ajmi, one of several Gulf-based donors to have funneled millions to al-Qaeda’s affiliate in...