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Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Group Criticizes Uneven Content Moderation In Newly Released Web Magazine
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 the 23rd issue of the pro-ISIS al...
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CEP Webinar: The Transnational Nexus of Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremism, Terrorism, and Organized Crime
Existing studies on the extremism/terrorism-crime nexus in recent years have focused on Islamist extremism and terrorism, while the transnational nexus between right-wing extremism/terrorism and organized crime groups remains under-researched. This...
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Extremist Content Online: Accounts Spreading Pro-ISIS And White Supremacist Propaganda Located On Meta-Owned Platforms
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 five pro-ISIS accounts on Meta-owned...
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Tech & Terrorism: Twitter Accepts More Payments From Prominent Islamists Designated By U.S., U.N.
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) this week identified a verified account which appears to belong to Maysar Ali al-Juburi, a U.S. Specially Designated National, suggesting that Twitter has again accepted payment from an individual prohibited by the...
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New Report Reveals That The Illegal Wildlife Trade Is Resurging Post-Pandemic
By failing to tackle illegal wildlife trafficking, the world is missing a critical opportunity to prevent the future spread of zoonotic disease, halt a man-made mass extinction of wildlife, and starve organized criminal and extremist groups of a $23...
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CEP Impact: Neo-Nazi Publisher’s Website Disabled
Action by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has resulted in the e-commerce platform BigCommerce canceling services to a neo-Nazi publisher that takes its name from the Ku Klux Klan. The publisher had been using BigCommerce as its name server and...
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Extremist Content Online: ISIS Propaganda Video Released Before Nigerian Elections Located On Facebook, Telegram
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 an ISIS propaganda video condemning...
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Neo-Nazi Groups Using Telegram To Organize Antisemitic “National Day of Hate”
According to Telegram posts located by Counter Extremism Project (CEP) researchers, several neo-Nazi groups in certain locations in the United States are planning an antisemitic “National Day of Hate” on Saturday, February 25. The participants are...
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Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazi Group Using GiveSendGo to Crowdfund Propaganda Campaign
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 a crowdfunding campaign on GiveSendGo...
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Tech & Terrorism: Section 230 Liability Shield To Face Scrutiny This Week At U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in two cases that raise questions about liability shields afforded to tech companies under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The cases are Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter Inc. v...
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