CEP in the News

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April 15, 2020

"Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher for the Counter Extremism Project, says that groups like the ‘Nordic Resistance’ and ‘Hundred Handers’ have sought to increase their membership by capitalising on the pandemic, and ‘Generation Identity’ has used the...

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April 15, 2020

CEP Senior Director, Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, spoke with J.J. Green of WTOP's The Hunt about five Tajik nationals arrested by German police on suspicion they were members of an Islamic State cell planning attacks on U.S. forces stationed in Germany.

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April 15, 2020

"Williams spomína Joshuu Fishera-Bircha, výskumného pracovníka v projekte boja proti extrémizmu, podľa ktorého skupiny ako „Nordic Resistance“ a „Hundred Handers“ sa snažia ťažiť z pandémie a skupina „Generation Identity“ využíva krízu na podporu...

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April 12, 2020

"'Many of them currently see the US in a situation in which confidence in the state is declining, in addition to the great economic downturn,' says Joshua Fisher-Birch from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) to SPIEGEL."

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April 10, 2020

CEP Advisor Kacper Rekawek speaks with Christian Esch of Der Spiegel about extremist right-wing fighters in light of the US decision to sanction the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM).

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April 8, 2020

"Polling data by the Counter Extremism Project shows that 'the French public, relative to public opinion in the United States and other European countries, has long viewed Islamist-based extremism as one of its greatest threats.'”

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April 5, 2020

CEP "The Far Right on Facebook" study quoted in report: "Yet, Facebook is losing the fight: in September 2018, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) identified and monitored a selection of 40 Facebook pages that sell white supremacist clothing, music...

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April 3, 2020

“'These groups understand that a pandemic and economic downturn provide them with opportunities to promote conspiracy theories, assign blame and offer their ideology as a solution,' Counter Extremism Project researcher Joshua Fisher-Birch told The...

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April 2, 2020

"The Counter Extremism Project, the U.S.-based global terrorism watchdog that first spotted the post targeting the Jewish day school in Philadelphia, said that federal authorities were aware of the Zoombombing plans."

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März 30, 2020

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses deep fakes with Nauel Semaan for the Konrad Adenaur Stiftung's International Reports.

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

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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