U.S. Sanctions Former Lebanese Ministers Tied To Hezbollah

Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned two former Lebanese cabinet members—Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil and Transport Minister Yusuf Finyanus—for providing material support to Hezbollah and engaging in corruption. The designations...

"Josh Lipowsky, a senior research analyst with the Counter-Extremism Project, said the decentralized antifa movement poses a lesser threat than the better organized groups on the far right. While far-left extremists boast groups such as the John...

Extremist Content Online: Pro-Al-Qaeda Group Encourages Attacks Following Charlie Hebdo Comic Republication

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, a media group affiliated with al-Qaeda in the Arabian...

"The Counter Extremism Project notes Hezbollah’s extensive cooperation over the smuggling of 'people and contraband' into the US with Mexican drug cartels, and their profiting off the Colombian cocaine trade."

CEP-GLOBSEC Webinar: Muslim Brotherhood Activities In The Czech Republic, Poland, And Serbia

GLOBSEC and the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invite you to join us for a webinar to launch the second report on the Muslim Brotherhood’s activities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), which focuses on three case studies.

"A new report indicates that extremist groups are stepping up efforts to recruit U.S. college students. On this week’s edition of 'The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,' Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of the...

"On illegal content, US NGO the Counter Extremism Project said that 'algorithms on social media and video sharing platforms still do prioritize harmful or illegal content, and in some cases are even amplifying terrorist and violent extremist...

CEP Senior Advisor Sir Ivor Roberts "warns of the dangers of a stronger Hezbollah in Lebanon and urges Ireland and the EU to take a tougher stance against the group."

Tech & Terrorism: Canadian Minister Criticizes Tech Industry’s Inability To Self-Regulate

On Sunday, Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault criticized major tech companies like Facebook for their inability and unwillingness to effectively stop the spread of hateful or extremist material on their platforms. Guilbeault indicated that...

CEP Advisor Liam Duffy writes: "A young male loitering unaccompanied by a busy music venue for over an hour with an oversized backpack amid a heightened jihadist terror threat would have been well outside typical crowd behaviour at the time, even...