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February 19, 2019

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Videos Continue to be Uploaded to the Internet In 2019

CEP reports on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Today’s edition exposes ISIS videos demonstrating executions, explosives construction and violent propaganda...

News

February 16, 2019

"More men and boys from a Somali American community in Minneapolis have joined – or attempted to join – a foreign terrorist organization over the last 12 years than any other jurisdiction in the country. FBI stats show 45 Somalis left to join the...

News

February 16, 2019

"Fascist Forge, the newest online breeding ground for neo-Nazi terror cells, has been taken down. The forum was founded in April of 2018 with the explicit goal of creating a networking site for some of the most extreme and violent players in the far...

Press Release

February 15, 2019

CEP Statement: WordPress Removes Neo-Nazi Website After CEP Publishes Findings

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released the following statement today after a website from the white supremacist group Feuerkrieg Division (FKD) was taken offline by website management and blogging platform WordPress. The removal comes on the...

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February 15, 2019

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Shamima Begum was an innocent schoolgirl, aged 15, when she voluntarily left the comfort of her home in Bethnal Green and travelled to Syria. She is no longer that innocent schoolgirl, she has at the very least...

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February 13, 2019

"Europe is beefing up its rules to keep terrorists from making homemade bombs with domestic products. The rules, which should go into effect around the end of 2020, will now require businesses to report "suspicious" sales of some substances within 24...

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February 12, 2019

CEP Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid on CBS News

CEP Senior Adviser and computer science professor Dr. Hany Farid spoke with Vladimir Duthiers of CBS News on CEP's challenge to Facebook: Rein in Extremist Content

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February 12, 2019

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid discusses the need for Facebook and other tech companies to do more to combat dangerous extremist content online. In a February 5 letter, CEP invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to join top CEP advisors for a public...

Press Release

February 12, 2019

Extremism Spotlight: The Turner Diaries’ Online Reach Could Inspire New Generation of White Supremacists

C ontinuing its series chronicling the most egregious online extremists, CEP is now turning to The Turner Diaries , a novel considered to be the “bible” of the American white power movement. A work of fiction first published in 1978, it describes a...

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February 12, 2019

In Case You Missed It: GoDaddy Refuses to Take Down Terror Group’s Website

Domain registrar and webhosting companies have played an increasingly larger role in the proliferation of online extremism. Recently, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) spotlighted a website from the terror group Kataib Hezbollah (KH), which since...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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