Extremist Content Online: Telegram Edition

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to spread propaganda, recruit followers, and incite violence on popular social media platforms in order to hold companies accountable for failures to prevent the...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on CBC's Canada Tonight

On December 7, 2022, CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler appeared on CBC's Canada Tonight for this story: "German police arrest suspected far-right extremists in plot to overthrow parliament"

New Strategies, Ongoing Crisis: Comprehensive Approaches in Defeating al-Shabaab

Al-Shabaab—al-Qaeda’s largest, wealthiest, and most kinetically active cell—has posed a critical threat to Somalia’s security since the group’s establishment in late 2006. The group’s insurgency in Somalia and high-profile attacks against neighboring...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "This was a fairly serious attempt of a group of individuals to organize nothing less than a coup d'etat in Germany."

CEP Research Analyst Gregory Waters writes: "Damascus has adopted many strategies during its decade-long war in an attempt to adapt to and overcome serious opposition gains and international interventions. The most ubiquitous of these are the...

Tech & Terrorism: U.S. Senate Report Finds Big Tech Continues To Amplify Extremist Content

After a three-year investigation into the rise of domestic terrorism and the federal government response, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs recently published its report, The Rising Threat of Domestic Extremism: A...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "The primary planning tool was online, chat fora. There were a couple of physical meetings where they tried to recruit members of the police and military forces, but all of the primary...

"LEAD STORY: German police foil coup plot. Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Sr. Director, at CEP explains. ALSO, Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy Director, NCRI-US says Iran's Morality Police are still active. AND, a Ukraine War Update with Yuriy Sak, Advisor to...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "This was one of the, if not the, largest counterterrorism operation on German soil since 1945. 3,000 police officers in 130 different locations, arresting 25 individuals, 27 individuals under...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on BBC World News "The Context with Christian Fraser"

On December 7, 2022, CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler spoke with Christian Fraser and panelists on BBC World News "The Context". Dr. Schindler discussed news that German authorities arrested 25 people suspected of plotting to overthrow...