Brenton Tarrant, the notorious Australian white supremacist who carried out the 2019 Christchurch mosque terror attacks that killed 51 people in New Zealand, is expected to be sentenced to life in prison later this month—the first life sentence to...
The tragic murder of 51 people at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Center in Christchurch, New Zealand one year ago shocked the world. The gunman livestreamed his attack on Facebook—the video of which continues to be re-uploaded across the...
CEP Senior Advisor and a leading expert on digital forensics Dr. Hany Farid was interviewed by National Public Radio about tech companies’ failure to prevent the reuploading of the New Zealand attack video. Said Farid: "The repeated uploading is an...
CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement today in response to shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that read in part: "The attack on New Zealand Muslims today is a shocking and disgraceful act of terror. Once again, it has been...
Since 2021, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has been working with the Digital Violent Extremism (DVE) team at the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) to report and remove harmful online content related to the March 15, 2019...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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