Extremist Content Online: ISIS Moves to Hoop Messenger and TamTam Following Telegram Takedowns

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week, ISIS supporters established a presence on the messenger platforms Hoop Messenger and TamTam...

Over 100 Anwar Al-Awlaki Videos Found on YouTube

Report Marks Second Time Awlaki’s Propaganda Re-uploaded to Platform (New York, N.Y.) - On December 5, The Times (London) reported its discovery of over 100 radicalizing extremist videos from notorious al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki on Google...

"The Base is a group that unites white separatists who allegedly wish to carry out acts of violence against the government, Jews, people of color, and the LGBT community.Joshua Fisher-Birch, a research analyst with Counter Extremism Project (CEP), is...

Tech & Terrorism: YouTube’s 60 Minutes Interview Demonstrates Tech’s Continued Double-Talk

Last Sunday, CBS’s 60 Minutes aired an interview with YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki focused in part on how the Google-owned platform polices hate speech, misinformation, conspiracy theories, and other content expressly prohibited by the company’s terms...

"Lectures by an Islamist hate preacher whose teachings helped to radicalise the London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan have been found on YouTube years after experts warned of the dangers they present. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), which aims to...

"Lectures by an Islamist hate preacher who helped radicalise London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan have been found on YouTube years after experts warned they fuel extremism. Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed by a US drone strike in Yemen eight years ago...

"According to information VICE has learned from confidential sources, a U.S.-based neo-Nazi terrorist group is currently harboring a missing ex-soldier from Canada. The information suggests members of The Base are hiding Patrik Mathews, 26, whose...

Germany’s Virtual Reality

Earlier this year, the United Kingdom took the long overdue step of banning Hezbollah in its entirety. Like much of the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom had previously designated only Hezbollah’s military wing, which resulted in demonstrators...

London Bridge Attacker Directly Tied to Radical Cleric Anjem Choudary

On November 29, 2019, Usman Khan, a convicted terrorist on early release from prison, murdered two people and wounded three others in a knife attack near the London Bridge. In the aftermath of the terrorist attack, it was revealed that Khan was part...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler discusses radical cleric Anjem Choudary's connection to London terror attacker Usman Khan. Schindler said, "Choudary is one of the most radical and dangerous individuals in Europe, a virtual radicalization...