"A drone strike by the U.S.-led coalition in northwestern Syria killed a senior member of an al-Qaida-linked group. His name was Abu Hamza al-Yemeni. On this week’s episode of 'The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,' Dr. Hans...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler and Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid interviewed on R2 Radio, the public broadcaster of the Stare of Hesse, on the subject of deep fakes.

Tech & Terrorism: Facebook’s Oversight Board Releases Annual Report Calling For More Transparency From Company

Last week, Facebook’s Oversight Board released its first annual report since its formation in 2020. In it, the 20-member independent body, tasked with making decisions on contentious content issues, such as extremism and terrorism, stated that it...

CEP Book Discussion: "Watching Murder: ISIS, Death Videos and Radicalization" with Dr. Simon Cottee

On June 29, 2022, CEP Advisors Lucinda Creighton and Liam Duffy hosted a discussion with Dr. Simon Cottee, author of the new book Watching Murder: ISIS, Death Videos and Radicalization. The webinar explored the dark world of jihadi murder videos and...

Norway Raises Terror Alert To Highest Level Following Deadly Shooting Outside LGBTQ+ Bar

On Saturday, Zaniar Matapour opened fire outside a popular LGBTQ+ bar in Oslo, Norway killing two and injuring 21. Matapour, a Norwegian citizen of Iranian origin, was taken into custody shortly after the attack and has since been accused of...

Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazi, ISIS Content Continues To Be Found On Mainstream Platforms

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 found extremist content on YouTube and Meta...

"The executive director of Counter Extremism Project, David Ibsen, described the Grey Wolves as a 'international fascist, Turkish nationalist, and pan-Turkic organisation and movement'

"The Counter Extremism Project says the Order of Nine Angles is full of neo-Nazi-Satanists whose nihilistic ideology 'supports violent jihadist terrorism, in line with its accelerationist philosophy to support the destruction of the current world...

"Concerns about a potential flood of far-right foreign fighters to Ukraine in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion have not to date materialized. According to a May 2022 Counter Extremism Project (CEP) study led by this author and on which this...

U.S. Designates Three Connected To The Russian Imperial Movement

Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department added three individuals to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) connected with the white supremacist Russian Imperial Movement (RIM). RIM and its leadership were first designated by the U...