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January 18, 2017

CEP Releases Updated Database of Terrorists and Extremists

CEP released the Terrorists and Extremists Database, an updated, searchable list and interactive map of detailed biographical information on more than 400 of the world’s most dangerous leaders, propagandists, operatives, and terror financiers. The...

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January 5, 2017

Two Years After Charlie Hebdo, Supermarket Attacks, French Struggle with Terror Continues

Two years after the horrific and deadly attacks at a satirical magazine and a kosher supermarket in Paris, France continues to struggle with persistent and ever more deadly extremist violence. Armed with assault rifles, submachine guns, pistols, and...

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December 23, 2016

CEP Releases Updated Resources Following Death of Main Suspect in Berlin Christmas Market Attack

CEP released updated resources on extremism and counter-extremism in Germany following the death of the prime suspect in a December 19 truck attack on an outdoor Berlin Christmas market in a shootout with Italian police in Milan. The attacker...

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December 16, 2016

Iraqi Shiite Militias Bolster Pro-Assad Forces in Aleppo, Accused by U.N. of Human Rights Abuses

CEP released updated resources on two of the most powerful Iraqi Shiite militias, Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH) and Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), trained and supported by Iran, that are fighting with Hezbollah for the Assad regime in Syria. On December 13, 2016...

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December 14, 2016

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid, World’s Foremost Authority on Hashing Technology, Honored by National Academy of Inventors

CEP congratulated Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid on being named a fellow by the prestigious National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Dr. Farid is being honored for his innovative research in image analysis and digital forensics, a field which he pioneered...

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December 12, 2016

ICYMI: CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid Featured in NPR, Guardian, Defense One Stories About Online Extremism

CEP Senior Advisor and Dartmouth College Computer Science Professor Dr. Hany Farid was interviewed by National Public Radio, the Guardian, and Defense One, regarding an announcement by Facebook, Microsoft, YouTube (Google), and Twitter to...

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December 9, 2016

CEP Condemns Suicide Bombing at Madagali, Nigeria Market

CEP released a statement today condemning the Boko Haram suicide bombing carried out by two women at a market in Madagali, Nigeria, that killed at least 30 people. "Madagali residents were liberated from Boko Haram’s rule earlier this year, but this...

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December 8, 2016

ICYMI: Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid, CEP Technology Featured on HBO’s VICE News Tonight

HBO’s VICE News Tonight broadcast a segment that detailed the workings of CEP's hashing technology, developed with Dartmouth College Computer Science Professor Dr. Hany Farid, that is capable of removing extremist images, video, and audio content...

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December 6, 2016

Tech Companies’ Hashing Technology a Step in the Right Direction, Raises Significant Questions

CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, in a statement, said he was pleased that social media companies, with support from the European Union, are adopting technology that will help remove extremist content from their platforms. He noted that the...

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December 2, 2016

One Year After San Bernardino Attack: Path to Radicalization Little Changed

CEP released a statement on the one-year anniversary of the terror attack in San Bernardino, California that killed 14 people. One of the attackers, Syed Rizwan Farook, Like a growing number of terrorists, was radicalized in part by the late al-Qaeda...

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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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