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November 13, 2017

YouTube has removed thousands of propaganda videos from late al-Qaeda-linked cleric Anwar al-Awlaki amid mounting pressure from governments and counterterrorism advocates. "It's a watershed moment on the question of whether we're going to allow the...

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November 13, 2017

YouTube recently removed some 50,000 videos of a deceased radical American imam and al-Qaeda propagandist. Despite being killed in a US drone strike in 2011, Anwar al-Awlaki continued to inspire Islamic terror through online videos. “It’s a watershed...

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November 12, 2017

Now, under growing pressure from governments and counterterrorism advocates, YouTube has drastically reduced its video archive of Mr. Awlaki, an American cleric who remains the leading English-language jihadist recruiter on the internet six years...

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November 12, 2017

CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace discusses CEP's multi-year campaign to pressure Google-owed YouTube to remove the radicalizing sermons and lectures of al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki from its platform and the importance of YouTube finally...

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November 6, 2017

Google wants you to believe it is doing its utmost to counter violent extremist content on its YouTube platform. Yet the tech company has been criticized for their record of turning a blind eye to the proliferation of such propaganda, and we should...

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November 4, 2017

Lawyers from Facebook, Google and Twitter faced tough questions from Congress about how foreign actors used their platforms to influence the 2016 election. Facebook now says around 130 million Americans were exposed to content created by alleged...

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November 3, 2017

Key differences between Islamic State's claim of responsibility for the New York City truck attack and claims for previous terror attacks have caught the eye of counterterror officials, who are trying to determine what it might mean for the state of...

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November 2, 2017

The October 4 attack in Niger that claimed the lives of four U.S soldiers – as well as their interpreter and four Nigeriens – remains under official investigation amid a firestorm of controversy and confusion. While the Pentagon has yet to point...

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November 1, 2017

At a news conference at 1 Police Plaza less than two hours after the deadly attack, John Miller, the New York Police Department’s chief of counterterrorism, cited the Islamic State’s updated guidance to jihadi aspirants contained in the third...

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November 1, 2017

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller joins host Shep Smith to discuss the latest information into the truck terror attack on Halloweeen in New York City.

Daily Dose

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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