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September 20, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: Cloudflare Admits to Potential Sanctions Violations

Website security company Cloudflare recently admitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission that it had potentially violated economic and trade laws by providing services to sanctioned individuals or entities blacklisted by the United States...

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September 17, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Al-Qaeda Releases One Ummah Magazine in English

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, al-Qaeda released an English-language version of its magazine One Ummah, featuring its leader...

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September 12, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: Australia Begins Enforcing its Online Extremist Content Law

Australia has ordered five websites to remove extremist material, in an move to enforce its new law to combat online extremism. The new law holds social media companies, websites, and Internet service providers liable for fines of up to 10 percent of...

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September 11, 2019

18 Years After 9/11, Al-Qaeda Remains Malevolent Force Worldwide

Eighteen years ago, 19 al-Qaeda operatives hijacked U.S. commercial airliners and flew them into the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A fourth hijacked airplane crashed in a field in rural Pennsylvania. The...

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September 10, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Last Edition of ISIS Magazine Youth of the Caliphate Released

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, a pro-ISIS group, Abd al-Faqir, released what it claims to be the last edition of the Youth...

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September 9, 2019

Fifth Year of Yemen War Continues with no End in Sight

The ongoing war in Yemen between the internationally recognized Yemeni government and the Iran-backed Houthis continues into its fifth year. The Houthis began taking control of parts of the country in mid-2014. In 2015, the threat to the Yemeni...

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September 3, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Another Pro-ISIS Channel Found on YouTube

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, a pro-ISIS account that linked to propaganda appeared on YouTube and an unofficial media...

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August 27, 2019

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Appears on “Crypto Social Network” Minds

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, a pro-ISIS account appeared on Minds, a “crypto social network.” Additionally, a new ISIS...

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August 22, 2019

Afghan Peace Negotiations Complicated By Resurgent ISIS Threat

(New York, N.Y.) - On August 17, a suicide bomber infiltrated and detonated a bomb at a wedding in western Kabul, killing 63 and injuring 182. ISIS claimed responsibility for the explosion, seeking to target members of the Shiite community. For...

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August 21, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: Internet Infrastructure Companies Critical To Curbing Online Extremism

Extremists across the world have misused social media platforms to upload violent propaganda and hateful manifestos. Counter Extremism Project (CEP ) Executive Director David Ibsen recently wrote in an op-ed for The Hill about the attacks in El Paso...

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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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