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February 9, 2021

CEP Webinar: Violent Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in the U.K. and the U.S. | Joshua Fisher-Birch

Between July and November 2020, CEP Germany, commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, analyzed the violent right-wing extremist and terrorist milieus in a range of European countries and the United States, focusing on their developing...

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February 9, 2021

CEP Webinar: Violent Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in the U.K. and the U.S. | Dr. Shaun McDaid

Between July and November 2020, CEP Germany, commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, analyzed the violent right-wing extremist and terrorist milieus in a range of European countries and the United States, focusing on their developing...

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February 9, 2021

CEP Webinar: Violent Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in the U.K. and the U.S. | Simon Herchen

Between July and November 2020, CEP Germany, commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, analyzed the violent right-wing extremist and terrorist milieus in a range of European countries and the United States, focusing on their developing...

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February 8, 2021

Extremist Content Online: White Supremacist Telegram Users Promote Alternate Platforms

(New York, N.Y.) – 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, white supremacist Telegram channels...

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February 5, 2021

"Joshua Fisher-Birch of the Counter Extremism Project, a research group, said TheDonald’s radicalization illustrated the push and pull between online communities’ leaders and followers that can turn them into 'hotbeds for extremist content and...

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February 5, 2021

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen writes: "Terrorist indexes for the past decade, however, reflect a curious trend. Not only are the rates of right-wing extremist terror rising sharply in both Europe and the US, but they are rising with startling...

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February 4, 2021

Tech & Terrorism: Facebook’s Groups Feature Shown To Provide Platform For Hate Speech

Despite Its Own Problems, Tech Giant Casts Blame On Other Sites (New York, N.Y.) — For years, users have been spreading “blatant misinformation and calls to violence” on Facebook’s Groups feature. In August, data scientists warned company executives...

CounterPoint Blog

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in January 2021

Following is the January 2021 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. Previous editions of ISIS Redux can be viewed through the following links: December...

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February 3, 2021

CEP Germany Webinar: The Threat Posed by Transnational Violent Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in the United Kingdom and the United States

(New York, N.Y / Berlin) – The violent riot at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6 highlighted the escalating threat posed by right-wing extremists and terrorists. A new leaderless, transnational, apocalyptic, and violent extreme right-wing...

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February 2, 2021

Al-Shabaab Militants Stage Attack In Somali Capital Ahead Of National Elections

(New York, N.Y.) – Last weekend, militants attacked the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu, a well-known hub for Somali politicians and law enforcement officials. The extremist group al-Shabaab—which is linked to al-Qaeda—claimed responsibility for the attack...

Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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