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September 1, 2016

CEP President and former U.S. Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend discusses the ramifications of the reported death of ISIS Senior Strategist and Spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani and Russia's claim of responsibility.

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August 31, 2016

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses the targeting of ISIS leader Abu Muhammad al-Adnani by a U.S. airstrike.

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August 31, 2016

Social media networks have too few people to monitor and shut down the volume of Islamic State propaganda accounts. Today, a Dartmouth professor has created a tool to flag violent, extremist videos and recruitment tools and keep them off social media...

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August 31, 2016

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses the reported death of ISIS Senior Strategist and Spokesperson Abu Mohammed al-Adnani and its possible ramifications.

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August 30, 2016

Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, "second in command" to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in Aleppo. The Counter Extremism Project lists Adnani as the leader of ISIS's Emni group, a unit that orchestrates attacks outside of the Middle East. The U.S...

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August 27, 2016

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid is interviewed about online extremist propaganda and CEP's new technology that can quickly and efficiently remove terrorist images, videos and audio messages from the Internet and social media platforms.

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August 23, 2016

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses CEP's new technology that will allow Internet and social media companies to quickly remove extremist content from their platforms.

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August 22, 2016

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses a deadly suicide bombing in Turkey that killed 54 people at a wedding and reports that the bomber was a young child.

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August 19, 2016

CEP Spokeswoman Tara Maller is interviewed about the nature and challenges of online extremism with by Al Jazeera.

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August 19, 2016

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses the intelligence briefings that are being given to the presidential candidates and how they differ from those prepared for the president.

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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