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February 5, 2019

CEP Challenges Mark Zuckerberg To Discuss Tech Issues With Top American & European Experts

CEP today extended an invitation to Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to join top American and European experts for a public conversation about the threat posed by extremist content that proliferates on Facebook. This invitation follows...

Press Release

February 5, 2019

Extremism Spotlight: Radical Islamist Preacher Ahmad Musa Jibril Circumvents Terms of Services

CEP is spotlighting Ahmad Musa Jibril , a Michigan-based Salafist preacher known for his support of violence and role in radicalizing one of the 2017 ISIS London Bridge attackers. In his online lectures, Jibril is careful to not specifically call for...

Press Release

February 4, 2019

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Utilizes Dark Web to Remain Online

CEP reports weekly on methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms. Featured in this edition, CEP researchers located a site on the dark web for the pro-ISIS Electronic Horizon Foundation, also known as Horizon...

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February 4, 2019

Extremism Spotlight: Convicted Terrorist Abdullah al-Faisal Maintains Online Reach

CEP is spotlighting ISIS propagandist Abdullah al-Faisal, classified by the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center as a “violent extremist ideologue” and by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist who foments...

Press Release

January 29, 2019

Nick Clegg Sets Out Collaborative Vision for Facebook Content Regulation

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen said the following in response to Facebook Executive Nick Clegg 's speech in Brussels. " Until Facebook starts to engage seriously with all of those concerned about extremism, as well as releasing the data needed to...

Press Release

January 28, 2019

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Uploads Propaganda to Over Two Dozen Websites

On January 23, ISIS released a new video from the group’s self-proclaimed province in Somalia. Titled “Men Who Have Been True,” it commemorates extremist fighters killed in Somalia and includes footage of a man identified as a Canadian, Dr. Youssef...

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January 28, 2019

Extremism Spotlight: Neo-Nazi Book Siege Lives on Through the Internet

Previously, CEP highlighted the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division’s presence on YouTube . After months on the site, within 24 hours of CEP’s release, the content was taken down. Now, CEP is spotlighting Siege , a book written by American neo-Nazi...

Press Release

January 25, 2019

YouTube Removes Neo-Nazi Content After CEP Releases Online Findings

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement today after Google-owned YouTube removed extremist content from the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division from its platform. The removal came only after CEP released findings on January 23 showing...

Press Release

January 23, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Atomwaffen Division Reuploads Itself Onto YouTube

CEP has identified a channel on YouTube belonging to the Atomwaffen Division (AWD), a neo-Nazi group that advocates for a violent “white revolution.” The video platform had removed AWD’s official channel last March due to “multiple or severe...

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January 23, 2019

CEP Profiles Extremism and Counter-Extremism in 59 Countries on Updated World Map

CEP today published reports on Chile, Peru, and Senegal, bringing to 59 the number of countries profiled on CEP’s interactive map. Each report includes descriptions of extremist and terrorist group incidents, radicalization and foreign fighters, and...

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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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