CEP in the News

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May 14, 2021

"More than 200 people have died and hundreds more have been injured since 2016 from similar incidents, according to incident tracking from the Counter Extremism Project, an international policy organization."

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May 11, 2021

"'Just as the blood libel was historically used to justify horrific crimes against Jews, this type of propaganda in the United States has led to lynch mobs, among other forms of extrajudicial punishments against minorities, such as fire bombings...

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May 10, 2021

"The Alliance to Counter Crime Online and the Counter Extremism Project have spent years tracking how violent groups like IS, Mexican cartels and Hezbollah utilize Facebook. It found that Hezbollah, for example, 'has used Facebook to broadcast...

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May 9, 2021

"However Liam Duffy, a strategic advisor to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), argued we must focus on the victims of ISIS like the Yazidi community. The Yazidis, a small religious group concentrated in Iraq who practice a pre-Islamic faith, were...

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May 7, 2021

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid quoted: "'Facebook didn't want to make the decision because it's politically loaded,' said Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and dean of its School of Information. 'So they kick it...

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May 7, 2021

"Around 900 British citizens joined ISIS before the group’s self-styled 'Caliphate' in Syria and Iraq was crushed. However according to Liam Duffy, a strategic advisor to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), it would be 'foolish' to claim this won’t...

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May 5, 2021

CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy writes: "A hierarchy of “good” and “bad” political violence cannot be allowed to stand. In a democracy there is only political violence, and it is against the rules of the game."

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April 30, 2021

"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a Washington-based think-tank, told Metro.co.uk that Telegram has a track record of failing to remove hate groups from its channels. Research analyst Joshua Fisher-Birch, said: 'This propaganda material is...

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April 30, 2021

"'Under Zawahiri’s stewardship, Al-Qaeda has become increasingly decentralised, with authority resting primarily in the hands of Al-Qaeda’s affiliate leaders,' according to a recent report from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) think tank."

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April 29, 2021

"'Under Zawahiri’s stewardship, al-Qaeda has become increasingly decentralised, with authority resting primarily in the hands of al-Qaeda’s affiliate leaders,' according to a recent report from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) think-tank."

Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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