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März 8, 2021

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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März 8, 2021

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid quoted: "To Farid, the choice for tech companies was simple: automatically filter out the mass quantities of obviously abhorrent content using hashing technology like PhotoDNA and worry about the gray areas later."

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März 7, 2021

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen and Deputy Director Lara Pham write: "Such calls for enhanced legal authority may seem understandable when viewed in the context of the aftermath of senseless, tragic attacks. However, U.S. laws treat foreign...

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März 5, 2021

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.

Videos

März 4, 2021

CEP Webinar: Transnational Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in Finland and Sweden | Morgan Finnsiö

Between July and November 2020, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) in Germany, commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, analyzed the violent right-wing extremist and terrorist milieus in a range of European countries and the United...

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März 4, 2021

CEP Webinar: Transnational Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in Finland and Sweden | Tommi Kotonen

Between July and November 2020, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) in Germany, commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, analyzed the violent right-wing extremist and terrorist milieus in a range of European countries and the United...

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März 4, 2021

CEP Webinar: Transnational Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in Finland and Sweden | MFA Sweden

Between July and November 2020, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) in Germany, commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, analyzed the violent right-wing extremist and terrorist milieus in a range of European countries and the United...

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März 4, 2021

CEP Webinar: Transnational Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in Finland and Sweden | Amb. Kairamo

Between July and November 2020, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) in Germany, commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, analyzed the violent right-wing extremist and terrorist milieus in a range of European countries and the United...

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März 3, 2021

"According to Joshua Fisher-Birch, a terrorism analyst at the Counter Extremism Project who specializes in groups like the Base, Watkins is a true radical. 'Watkins’ alleged crimes, as well as messages and videos attributed to him, show him as...

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März 2, 2021

"'We have not been looking at this problem with the same goggles as we have with jihadist groups, but now that we have started to do so, we realize that far-right groups can use the same organized crime methodologies to finance their activities,'...

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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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