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June 26, 2023

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Online Chat Promotes Monero Cryptocurrency To Fund Propaganda Operations

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. On June 16 and June 21, CEP researchers identified posts in a pro-ISIS...

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June 23, 2023

CEP Webinar: Comparing The Financial Strategies Of Right-Wing Extremist Organizations And Actors In The United Kingdom And Germany

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to a webinar on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, focusing on the presentation of a new, in-depth CEP study concerning the financial strategies of right-wing extremist actors in the United Kingdom and Germany...

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June 21, 2023

CEP Event: Tackling The Multiplicity Of Security Challenges In Taliban-Run Afghanistan And Neighboring Countries – Terrorism, Organized Crimes, Human Rights, And Humanitarian Assistance

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) alongside the Permanent Missions of Afghanistan, Canada, and Spain as well as the Afghanistan Policy Lab of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) and the International Institute for...

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June 14, 2023

New CEP Reports Assess Ties Between Terror Groups In Africa And Their Ties To Organized Crime

This week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) published a second set of new reports, Linkages Of Terrorist Groups In West Africa With Terrorist Networks In Other African Regions and Interlinkage Of Terrorism And Transnational Organized Crime In West...

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June 13, 2023

New CEP Reports Examine Development of Al-Qaeda, ISIS Affiliates In West Africa And Sahel

This week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) published a pair of new reports, Development Of Al-Qaeda In The Western Sahel Region and Status Of ISWAP And ISGS In West Africa And Sahel. These reports are the first of a range of policy papers...

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June 12, 2023

Extremist Content Online: Extreme Right Instagram Users Spread Propaganda And Plans For 3D Printed-Firearms

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located five accounts on Meta-owned Instagram...

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June 12, 2023

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Taliban’s Takeover in Afghanistan – Effects on Global Terrorism | Part III of Webinar Series

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Thursday, July 6, 2023, focusing on the reemerging security risks emanating from Afghanistan.

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June 9, 2023

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Deteriorating Security Situation In West Africa – Understanding and Countering JNIM, ISWAP, And ISGS

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Thursday, June 22, 2023, focusing on deteriorating security situation in West Africa and the Sahel region.

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June 8, 2023

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Deteriorating Security Situation in West Africa – Cooperation Terrorism/Transnational Organized Crime and Cooperation Between Terrorist Groups

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, focusing on deteriorating security situation in West Africa and the Sahel region.

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June 6, 2023

Tech & Terrorism: Big Tech Companies Cut Ethics And Safety Staff Following Section 230 Ruling

(New York, N.Y.) — In the wake of twin U.S. Supreme Court rulings that largely maintained the liability shield in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, major tech companies are sharply reducing their workforce responsible for content...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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