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February 04, 2025

Extremist Content Online: ISIS-K-Linked Voice of Khorasan Web Magazine Recommends Use of Telegram Communications App Despite Terms of Service Change, U.S. White Supremacist Groups Continue to Promote Mass Deportations

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, the ISIS-K-linked propaganda group al-Azaim Media released issue 43 of the...

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“... One person who analyses this propaganda is Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the international non-profit organisation Counter Extremism Project. IS is planning for the long term, for example by threatening an attack on the Oktoberfest, says Schindler. The terrorists want to stir up fear and show strength in order to gain followers. IS is hoping for widespread dissemination through various media. According to Schindler, IS is very professional when it comes to spreading propaganda. The entire range of social networks popular with young people is used - in addition to "TikTok", also "Telegram" and the communication platform "Rocket.Chat".”
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February 2, 2025
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"After the attack, terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project also called platform operators to account for this editorial team. He sharply criticized X because, given the abundance of questionable content posted by Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, hardly anyone on the platform seemed to intervene . Individual posts were reported and deleted by users, but nothing more happened. "Unfortunately, social media is full of hate and violent fantasies and the situation is constantly getting worse. X in particular has reduced its content moderation in recent months, not improved it," said Schindler.”

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January 16, 2025
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"The operations of these traders are closely tied to the Houthi movement, which has been identified as a terrorist organization by both the United States and Australia. Edmund Fitton-Brown, a former British Ambassador to Yemen and current member of the Counter Extremism Project, remarked, “It is inconceivable that they [the weapons dealers] are not operating on the Houthis’ behalf.” He elaborated that independent dealers attempting to engage with the Yemeni government for profit would face immediate suppression."

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August 22, 2024
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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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