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Juni 3, 2020

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency – April & May 2020

Following a lull in the second half of April, ISIS attacks increased in both quantity and geographic diversity during May. This boost in activity coincided with increasingly persistent and widespread anti-ISIS operations conducted by the Syrian...

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Juni 2, 2020

Tech & Terrorism: Facebook Blocks Measures Aimed At Curbing Presence Of Extremist Groups

(New York, N.Y.) – Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook executives deliberately “weakened or blocked” efforts to address and correct systematic software flaws after discovering its algorithms were facilitating the growth of...

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Juni 1, 2020

Register Now: Webinar On Regulating Cryptocurrencies To Mitigate Risks Of Misuse For Terrorism Financing

The discussion concerning the risk of cryptocurrencies being misused for the financing of terrorism and other nefarious purposes has intensified over the last years. Both the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as well as the European Union have been...

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Juni 1, 2020

Extremist Content Online: White Supremacist Accelerationists And Neo-Nazis Celebrate Violence in Minneapolis

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. CEP researchers found that white supremacist accelerationists and neo...

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Mai 29, 2020

Virginia Man Indicted For Conspiring With Somali Terror Group

This week, former Northern Virginia resident and FBI most-wanted terrorist Liban Haji Mohamed, was indicted in federal court on charges of conspiring to provide material support to the Somalia-based terrorist group, al-Shabab. The complaint alleges...

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Mai 27, 2020

Tech & Terrorism: Coronavirus Misinformation Across Internet Shows Industry’s Failings

Extremist groups spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have moved away from popular social media platforms to other sites to sow discord and disperse their radical ideologies. Extremists are increasingly...

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Mai 27, 2020

CEP Webinar: Can Convicted Terrorists Be Rehabilitated?

Many terrorist offenders imprisoned in the European Union and the United States will be released in the coming years. The significant increase in convictions of Foreign Terrorist Fighters since 2014 has created a larger than ever terrorism-related...

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Mai 26, 2020

Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazi Manifesto Siege Re-Emerges For Sale On Lulu Despite Previous Removal for TOS Violation

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, three separate uploads of James Mason’s neo-Nazi manifesto...

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Mai 21, 2020

Tech & Terrorism: Tech’s Activist Role In Content Moderation Undermines Industry Arguments For Section 230 Protections

Technology giants like Facebook, Twitter, and Google/YouTube have long maintained that they are merely neutral platforms and cannot be held responsible for what users choose to post and share on their sites. Section 230 of the Communications Decency...

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Mai 18, 2020

Extremist Content Online: Telegram Continues Providing An Open Channel For Extremists To Spread Violent Propaganda, Hate Speech

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, ISIS released a new propaganda video titled “ And Strike...

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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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