Press Releases

CONTACT: [email protected]

Press Release

November 22, 2019

Extremism Spotlight: Arrested ISIS Supporter in Chicago Radicalized by Abdullah Faisal

On November 15, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Jason Brown , a.k.a. Abdul Ja’Me , was arrested for attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS. According to the DOJ affidavit , Brown was radicalized in prison by...

Press Release

November 20, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: Tech Relies on Fallacious Arguments to Obstruct Regulatory Efforts

Enacted in 2018, Germany’s pioneering and ambitious Network Enforcement Act ( NetzDG ) represents an important milestone in curbing online extremism. However, the law, which fines online platforms for failures to delete illegal content, has been a...

Press Release

November 18, 2019

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Issues Threats In Spain, Iraq

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week, the pro-ISIS group Muntasir Media issued a threat to Spain and ISIS continued circulating a...

Press Release

November 8, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: Twitter Reverses Course, Suspends Hamas and Hezbollah

Twitter has suspended internationally designated terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah from its platform. The decision came in response to criticism and pressure from U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer , Tom Reed, Max Rose, and Brian Fitzpatrick...

Press Release

November 4, 2019

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Declares Leadership Replacements Following the Deaths of Baghdadi, Muhajir

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week’s edition found that ISIS’s Al Furqan Media Foundation formally announced the deaths of their...

Press Release

October 28, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Dell Advertisement Precedes ISIS Propaganda On Russian Streaming Platform

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week’s edition found that a Dell advertisement appeared alongside an ISIS Amaq News propaganda...

Press Release

October 28, 2019

Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s Death After His Reappearance Online A Blow To ISIS

On October 26, 2019, U.S. forces carried out an operation in Syria’s Idlib province that resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi , who had served as ISIS’s self-proclaimed caliph since June 2014. U.S. officials confirmed Baghdadi’s identity...

Press Release

October 25, 2019

Afghanistan Rocked By Terror Attacks Following Aborted Peace Process

In the aftermath of failed peace negotiations between the United States and the Taliban , the terror organization is continuing its relentless barrage of near-daily attacks on Afghanistan’s security forces. On October 22, 2019, the Taliban stormed a...

Press Release

October 24, 2019

U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Introduces Legislation To Help Curb Online Extremism

This week, the U.S. House Homeland Security committee unanimously advanced the National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act ( H.R. 4782 ). The legislation, introduced by Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson, would establish a 12...

Press Release

October 23, 2019

Anjem Choudary’s Extremist Network Rebuilds in Year After Radical Cleric’s Early Release from Prison

In the year since Anjem Choudary’s early release from prison, the radical Islamic cleric and convicted ISIS supporter has inspired a revival of al-Muhajiroun , the U.K.-banned extremist group he co-founded in 1996. In its report, Anjem Choudary’s...

Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

View Archive