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December 21, 2019

"'The lack of consensus over what to do with these individuals will continue to be a security threat and potential source of the group’s resurgence,' said Josh Lipowsky, a senior researcher for the Counter Extremism Project. 'ISIS now calls for its...

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December 16, 2019

“Hany Farid is part of a team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley who have developed a computer algorithm that they say may help to detect deepfakes. Farid has a track record of pushing tech companies to do more to remove...

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December 12, 2019

CEP Senior Advisor Lucinda Creighton writes: "Halle. Christchurch. Paris. El Paso. London. We are living in times of global terrorism, unlike any we have known before. This is a terror that thrives through its enduring online presence. A terror that...

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December 7, 2019

"The Base is a group that unites white separatists who allegedly wish to carry out acts of violence against the government, Jews, people of color, and the LGBT community.Joshua Fisher-Birch, a research analyst with Counter Extremism Project (CEP), is...

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December 5, 2019

"Lectures by an Islamist hate preacher whose teachings helped to radicalise the London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan have been found on YouTube years after experts warned of the dangers they present. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), which aims to...

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December 5, 2019

"Lectures by an Islamist hate preacher who helped radicalise London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan have been found on YouTube years after experts warned they fuel extremism. Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed by a US drone strike in Yemen eight years ago...

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December 5, 2019

"According to information VICE has learned from confidential sources, a U.S.-based neo-Nazi terrorist group is currently harboring a missing ex-soldier from Canada. The information suggests members of The Base are hiding Patrik Mathews, 26, whose...

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December 4, 2019

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler discusses radical cleric Anjem Choudary's connection to London terror attacker Usman Khan. Schindler said, "Choudary is one of the most radical and dangerous individuals in Europe, a virtual radicalization...

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December 2, 2019

"According to a report by the Counter Extremism Project, Choudary would be linked to 300 British volunteers who had gone to fight in Syria in Da'esh and formed "110 jihadists linked to IS or Al Qaeda". The "violent extremists" (a term of force across...

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December 2, 2019

Hate preacher Anjem Choudary was last night singled out as the alleged leading source of British jihadism. Usman Khan, 28, is the 19th Islamist terrorist who has carried out an atrocity linked to Choudary. Research by the Counter Extremism Project...

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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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