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June 23, 2021

CEP Webinar with Dr. Hany Farid: How algorithmic amplification pushes users towards divisive content on social media platforms

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is delighted to invite you to the first in a series of webinars with CEP Senior Advisor and UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Hany Farid.

Press Release

June 23, 2021

ICYMI: Online Extremism Is Still A Problem For Big Tech

Writing for the EU Reporter, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Executive Director David Ibsen last week criticized Big Tech for failing to take responsibility for the spread of extremist content on their platforms by deflecting blame onto smaller sites...

Press Release

June 21, 2021

Extremist Content Online: Amazon Allows Ecofascist To Sell Racist Content Extolling Violence

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. CEP researchers located a new self-published novel on Amazon from an...

Press Release

June 16, 2021

U.S. Treasury Department Sanctions Financing Network Of Iran-Backed Houthis

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently announced terrorism-related sanctions imposed on a group of twelve individuals and entities reportedly affiliated with funding the Iran-backed Houthis—officially...

Press Release

June 14, 2021

Extremist Content Online: Cache Of Explosive Manuals Found On the Internet Archive

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. CEP researchers discovered a large cache of explosive manuals on the...

Press Release

June 9, 2021

U.K. Court Hears Claim Against Qatar Alleging Support For Al-Nusra Front Terror Group

A lawsuit recently filed in London by nine Syrian nationals alleges that Qatar provided hundreds of millions of dollars in support to al-Nusra Front, a former al-Qaeda affiliate and one of the strongest insurgent groups in Syria. The Syrian nationals...

Press Release

June 7, 2021

Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazi Telegram Channel Praises Alleged Potential Texas Mass Shooter

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, a neo-Nazi group celebrated Coleman Thomas Blevins, who was...

Press Release

June 3, 2021

CEP Statement on the Anniversary of the 2017 London Bridge Attack

Four years ago, three Islamist terrorists drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and proceeded to stab people in the nearby area, taking the lives of eight and injuring almost 50 others. The suspected ringleader, Khuram Butt, was a member of...

Press Release

June 2, 2021

Tech & Terrorism: Organized Antisemitism And Neo-Nazism Remains On YouTube, Instagram, And Twitter

Over the past week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has identified neo-Nazi and antisemitic extremist content on major social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook-owned Instagram, and Twitter, which corresponds to a reported 80 percent...

Press Release

June 1, 2021

Extremist Content Online: Facebook Pages Found Supporting Belgian Extremist Soldier Jürgen Conings

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 identified several groups and pages on...

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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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