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White Supremacist Violence Poses Threat To U.S. National Security
In his testimony at last week’s hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on the January 6 Capitol riot, FBI Director Christopher Wray told senators domestic extremists pose a threat to national security. Wray explained that the...
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Extremist Content Online: Al-Qaeda Bomb-Making Materials Shared By User On White Supremacist Forum
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. A user of an imageboard on the dark web shared a collection of al-Qaeda...
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CEP Report Launch: Western Foreign Fighters and the Yazidi Genocide
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to the launch of our latest report Western Foreign Fighters and the Yazidi Genocide.
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Extremist Content Online: CEP Continues to Find Pro-ISIS Propaganda on YouTube
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 YouTube video advertising a pro...
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CEP Webinar: The Current Threat Posed by ISIS Globally and European Threat Assessment
A string of attacks in France throughout 2020; the attack by an ISIS supporter in Vienna, Austria, on November 2, 2020, which killed two and injured 23; as well as the arrests on February 12, 2021, in Denmark and Germany of 14 members belonging to an...
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Pro-ISIS Preacher Sentenced By German Court To Over 10 Years In Prison For Terrorist Activities
On Wednesday, a German court sentenced a radical Islamic preacher known as Abu Walaa to more than 10 years in prison for his role in planning a terrorist attack in Germany, while also fundraising and recruiting for ISIS. Walaa recruited at least...
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France Makes Plans To Ban Ethno-Nationalist Group Generation Identity
Last week, France announced it would implement a ban and begin the dissolution of Generation Identity (GI), a pan-European youth movement and ethno-nationalist group that seeks to stop globalization and what it views as the Islamization of Europe...
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CEP Germany Webinar: The Threat Posed by Transnational Violent Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in Finland and Sweden
Arrests in Europe at the end of 2020 and events in the United States in January 2021 highlighted the escalating threat posed by right-wing extremists and terrorists. Since 2014, a new leaderless, transnational, apocalyptic, and violent extreme right...
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Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazi Weapons Training Video Located On YouTube
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 YouTube video of an individual...
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Tech & Terrorism: DOJ Indicts North Korean Operatives For Cryptocurrency Extortion Through Cyberwarfare
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed an indictment against three intelligence operatives from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The individuals are accused of conspiring to steal and extort cash and...
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