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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Even before ballots were counted, one outcome of the 2018 election was clear: Facebook had again neglected its duty to its new political ads system. Just weeks out from the election, VICE News tested Facebook’s touted “Paid For” disclosure – which...
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Ahmad Musa Jibril is a Michigan-based, Salafist preacher and online extremist popular with foreign fighters in Syria. In his online lectures, Jibril is careful to not specifically call for violence or endorse particular organizations, instead he...
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Neglects To Mention Company’s Extensive ISIS Problems In The Present This week, Facebook released its third-quarter earnings report, and while it was not akin to last time’s “biggest ever decline in the history of the American stock market,” it...
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This month, convicted ISIS propagandist Anjem Choudary was freed from prison after serving only half of his original sentence. Choudary , the founding member of the extremist group al-Muhajiroun , which is now banned in the United Kingdom, was...
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One year after Sayfullo Saipov allegedly ran down and killed eight people with a rental truck on a lower Manhattan bicycle path, radicalizing extremist content sadly remains easily accessible on the Internet and social media platforms, CEP Executive...
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The leadership exodus at Facebook continues. Writing for Variety , reporter Maya Kosoff chronicled the numerous executive departures from the company this year and asked, “what the hell is happening at Facebook?” In September, Instagram co-founders...
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson, a former U.K. jail governor who led the independent review into extremism in prisons, in an opinion piece in the Sun newspaper, discusses the need for ISIS propagandist Anjem Choudary to "disappear from public...
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While it has appeared that ISIS’ long-standing dominance may be dwindling, many are urging caution regarding this theory. Early last week, the Daily Beast reflected on the group’s genesis and outreach techniques. “The group gained notoriety worldwide...
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Convicted ISIS propagandist Anjem Choudary will be freed this month after serving only half his prison sentence. Choudary is a founding member of extremist group al-Muhajiroun, which was subsequently banned in the United Kingdom. He has been linked...
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Facebook’s next head of communications will have their work cut out for them. After Elliot Schrage announced his departure from the company in June, Recode reported this week that Mr. Zuckerberg was looking to the outside to find his replacement. It...
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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