Hackers have hijacked Facebook accounts of prominent individuals to post ISIS propaganda. Australian journalist Julia Baird became the most recent victim this week, when her Facebook profile was compromised by unknown individuals. Baird’s profile was...
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook executives deliberately “weakened or blocked” efforts to address and correct systematic software flaws after discovering its algorithms were facilitating the growth of extremist groups on the...
Recruitment Propaganda, Calls For Violence Against Minorities Flood Various Platforms On Sunday, the New York Times highlighted increased efforts by white supremacist extremist groups to leverage the COVID-19 pandemic as a means to advance their...
Terror Groups Urge Members Online To Target Health Care Systems & Spread Virus Intentionally As the world continues to grapple with the ongoing pandemic, far-right and Islamic extremist groups are plotting to exploit the health crisis to advance...
On April 17, 2019, researchers at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) located the infamous ISIS bomb-making and execution video, “You Must Fight Them O Muwahhid,” on several video streaming and file download websites. The video shows step-by-step...
CEP Reports Findings Regarding Extremist Content Online Every week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) releases a report detailing the way extremists interact online, explaining current trends and how they are misusing the Internet and social media...
The nature of extremists’ ongoing misuse of the Internet continues to evolve. From social media platforms to encrypted messaging channels to dedicated websites, extremists—in particular ISIS—have adapted all types of sites and online services to...
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