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July 1, 2015

Following the suicide bombing in a Shiite mosque in Kuwait, many people took to Twitter and created the hashtag, which, when translated, means: "Before You Blow Yourself Up." The hashtag of condemnation called for fundamentalists to think of their...

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June 30, 2015

The head of a leading Brussels policy institute has called for a “multi-faceted”approach to combating the “narrative” of terrorist groups such as Islamic State. The “Counter Extremism Project Europe” (CEP Europe), a partnership between the European...

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June 30, 2015

Roberta Bonazzi, executive director of the European Foundation for Democracy (EFD), said that by uniting governmental efforts with those undertaken by civil society, voluntary groups and other organisations could offer a “powerful opportunity” to...

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June 30, 2015

The “Counter Extremism Project Europe” (CEP Europe) is a partnership between organisations in the U.S. and Europe and among other projects including the launch of an innovative counter narrative seeks to combat the use of social media to radicalise...

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June 30, 2015

The “Counter Extremism Project Europe” (CEP Europe) is a partnership between organisations in the U.S. and Europe and among other projects including the launch of an innovative counter narrative seeks to combat the use of social media to radicalise...

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June 29, 2015

The Islamic State agiere in his immediate environment, while Al Qaeda the "far enemy", ie the US, Britain and Israel, in their sights have. Tunisia, even the most stable state of the Arab Spring should be destabilized by the terrorist attack, "why is...

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June 29, 2015

Less than one year after launching several successful campaigns in the United States, including their notable #CEPDigitalDisruption via Twitter, the Counter Extremism Project officially launched its European counterpart on Monday (CEP Europe) in...

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June 29, 2015

Twitter is turning a blind eye to the extremists who use the platform to recruit, according to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP). CEP started a European branch on Monday (29 June) and says it will continue targeting extremists’ activity on social...

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June 29, 2015

The European commission must ensure that social media companies will respect national laws against incitement to religious hatred and violence, says Roberta Bonazzi. In the US, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has been very successful in drawing...

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June 29, 2015

CEP started a European branch on Monday (29 June) and says it will continue targeting extremists' activity on social media here. The group was founded last September in the US, where it focuses its attention on extremist activity on Twitter.

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On August 23, 2017, Boko Haram insurgents attacked several villages in northern Nigeria’s Borno State. The extremists shot at villagers and slit their throats, killing 27 people and wounding at least 6 others. 

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