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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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Following a string of attacks carried out by so-called "lone wolf" terrorists, Juliette digs into the issue of online self-radicalization and what can be done to prevent it. Her left-of-boom discussion with Tara Maller of the Counter Extremism...
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Some of the world's biggest social media and tech companies are joining forces to remove terrorist content from their platforms. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft say they'll share technical solutions in what they're calling the Global...
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On June 5, 2017, seven countries – Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, the Maldives, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen – announced that they were severing diplomatic ties with Qatar because of the country’s support for terrorist and extremist...
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CEP Research Director Julie Shain discusses Russian claims that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was killed and if true, how it might impact the future of the terror group.
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Think Clint Eastwood and ISIS have nothing in common? Think again. Footage from Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers (2006) has found its way into the 22-minute propaganda short Healing of the Believers' Chests, created by the terror group. Both exemplify...
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"We said, here is a technology we would like to give to you for free, we know what we are doing, we tested it and we want to create an industry standard… and we were rebuffed," said Dr. Hany Farid. "It’s really frustrating because every time we see a...
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Facebook markets Facebook Live as ‘a fun, engaging way to connect with your followers and grow your audience.’ That may be how the majority of users use the product, but a quick Google search of Facebook Live turns up pages of headlines about live...
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ISIS videos became such a staple on YouTube that the site’s automated advertising algorithms were inserting advertisements for Procter & Gamble, Toyota and Anheuser–Busch in front of videos associated with the terrorist group. Whether Google had...
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Allies at a minimum share our interests, support our basic policies, and see common enemies. By this measure, Qatar is most definitely not an ally. Few countries have done more to promote the Muslim Brotherhood, including its Palestinian offshoot...
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David Ibsen, who is executive director of the Counter Extremism Project, a New York think tank which combats online extremism, warned that the battle against jihadi groups would increasingly be fought on the internet. He told The Sunday Telegraph...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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