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March 21, 2017

Pullout of Advertisers from Google Highlights Problem of Extremist Content on YouTube

CEP's new report contrasts Google’s pledge to divert users away from radicalizing and extremist content, with the increasing availability of sermons and lectures from radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki on Google-owned YouTube, as controversy continues...

Press Release

March 20, 2017

As ISIS Loses Territory, CEP Calls for Leaders to Address Recruitment and Radicalization Online

CEP is calling on President Trump and ministers from 68 countries gathering in Washington, D.C. this week to focus on the defeat of ISIS on the cyber-battlefield, given the extremist group’s continued ability to weaponize the Internet and social...

Press Release

March 13, 2017

ICYMI: Wall Street Journal Interview with CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid, “How Algorithms Can Help Beat Islamic State”

CEP Senior Advisor and Dartmouth College Computer Science Professor Dr. Hany Farid was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal regarding his development with CEP of eGLYPH, a technology that can identify the “worst of the worst” extremist images...

Press Release

February 27, 2017

U.S. Drone Strike Targets Al-Qaeda Second In Command

Abu al-Khayr al-Masri, the the deputy to al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and the son-in-law to Osama bin Laden, was reportedly killed in northwest Syria by a U.S. drone strike. Masri was an al-Qaeda member for three decades and was wanted for the...

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February 23, 2017

Documents Reaffirm Awlaki’s Role in Radicalizing “Underwear Bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

F.B.I. interviews with attempted airplane suicide bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, detailed by the New York Times, document the direct role played by U.S.-born cleric and al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki in planning and directing the plot. CEP...

Press Release

February 15, 2017

CEP Report Tracks IRGC Role in Iranian Economy, Links to Terrorist Groups

Congress and the Trump Administration are considering options to deter further illegal Iranian ballistic missile testing and regional aggression, including designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps a Foreign Terrorist Organization. In light...

Press Release

January 31, 2017

Iranian-Backed Houthis Launch Attacks on Saudi Ship and United Nations Facility

CEP issued updated resources on the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, following attacks the group launched on January 30 against a Saudi ship patrolling in the Red Sea and a facility in southern Saudi Arabia used by the U.N. to monitor ceasefire...

Press Release

January 26, 2017

Enduring Links: ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and the Muslim Brotherhood

CEP released a new report detailing the historical and contemporary ties between the Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS, and al-Qaeda. Before becoming the leaders of ISIS and al-Qaeda, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Osama bin Laden, and Ayman al-Zawahiri belonged to...

Press Release

January 23, 2017

CEP Applauds Designation of Five ISIS Operatives by Treasury, State, Since January 1

Urges similar action on three additional ISIS leaders (New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today applauded U.S. government action taken against five ISIS operatives, while at the same time urging that three additional leaders be...

Press Release

January 19, 2017

CEP Releases Resources on Mali, Burkina Faso, Following Deadly Truck Bombing

CEP released updated resources on Mali, Burkina Faso, and Islamist extremist group al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb following a suicide truck bombing at a military camp in the northern Mali city of Gao that killed at least 47 people and wounded more...

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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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