"8chan then quickly found a new protector that has counted several far-right users among its clients: Epik.com. But now, Voxility—an internet services company that worked with Epik—completely banned the new 8chan web host from its network...

"security and performance company Cloudflare has now terminated its relationship with notorious online imageboard 8chan, firing the customer in the wake of the mass shooting in El Paso. For instance, numerous reports have alleged that multiple...

"Though the territorial holdings of the Islamic State and its so-called “Caliphate” are no more, a recent United Nations report on the status of al-Qaeda and ISIS warns the latter terror group is using the internet to reestablish its global network...

CEP President Fran Townsend discusses classifying the El Paso Shooting as a case of domestic terrorism.

CEP Advisory Board Member August Hanning, the former director of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, comments on the growing threat from extremist ideologies in this article in the German daily newspaper Bild.

Tech & Terrorism: FTC Levies Record Penalty Against Facebook for Violating User Privacy

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fined Facebook a record-breaking $5 billion for giving third parties access to information that Facebook users did not want to share. Among the settlement’s terms, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg is to remove...

Somalia’s Deadly Year Continues with Suicide Bombing

On July 24, 2019, a suicide bomber walked into a high-level security meeting in the mayor’s office in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, and detonated explosives. The attack killed six people and seriously injured another six, including mayor Abdirahaman...

CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the death of Hamza bin Laden and its potential impact on the terrorist group al-Qaeda.

"A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided against victims of attacks by Hamas who looked to hold Facebook accountable for allegedly enabling a social-media platform for the U.S.-designated terrorist group to promote its objectives. 'More must be...

Extremist Content Online: Cloudflare Provides Services for White Supremacist Content, Including New Zealand Attack Video

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. CEP identified two white supremacist websites, one dedicated to the neo-Nazi manifesto Siege and the...