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January 30, 2023

Extremist Content Online: White Supremacist Propaganda Video Amasses Nearly Quarter Million Views On Twitter

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located multiple Twitter accounts spreading...

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January 30, 2023

CEP Webinar: The Satanic Verses To Charlie Hebdo – The Fatwa’s Legacy

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to the webinar The Satanic Verses to Charlie Hebdo: The Fatwa’s Legacy with journalist Graeme Wood and CEP advisor Liam Duffy.

Press Release

January 26, 2023

Burkina Faso Orders French Troops To Evacuate As Junta Allegedly Pursues Mercenary Force To Combat Jihadist Violence

French influence in its one-time colony of Burkina Faso has deteriorated since armed soldiers deposed the government in a coup last September and coup supporters attacked the French embassy, believing it was harboring the deposed president. Given...

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January 25, 2023

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Taliban’s Takeover in Afghanistan – Effects on Global Terrorism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) are inviting you to a webinar focusing on the reemerging security risks emanating from Afghanistan.

Press Release

January 24, 2023

Extremist Content Online: White Supremacist Accounts Found On YouTube And Instagram

(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers discovered regional white...

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January 17, 2023

CEP-EER Webinar: Combating The Financing Of Violent Extremism – Challenges And Opportunities

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the European Eye on Radicalization (EER) are inviting you to a webinar focusing on combating the financing of violent extremism.

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January 13, 2023

Germany Disrupts Suspected Terror Plot Amid Rising Islamist Threats

German police forces on Sunday took a 32-year-old Iranian national into custody on suspicions of obtaining unspecified amounts of cyanide and ricin for use in an “Islamist-motivated” terror attack after having received a tip from a foreign...

Press Release

January 11, 2023

Extremist Content Wrap Up 2022

In 2022, extremists continued to spread various video, photo, text, and audio propaganda; call for and celebrate acts of violence; dox their perceived opponents; and spread manuals and instructions on several websites to assist individuals in...

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January 11, 2023

Tech & Terrorism: Google Makes Vague Promises To Develop Content Moderation Software For Smaller Platforms

Google’s Jigsaw announced that it is developing a free software tool to help smaller websites improve their content moderation capabilities. The purported new tool comes as tech companies will be forced to remove terrorist content from their sites or...

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January 4, 2023

Taliban’s Ban On Women Workers Worsens Humanitarian Crisis And Isolates Afghanistan From International Community

Earlier this week, U.N. Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan Markus Potzel met with Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban’s interior minister, to warn that the Taliban’s recently announced education and work bans on women will worsen Afghanistan’s...

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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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