Extremist Content Online: U.K. Neo-Nazi Active on Online Forum Fascist Forge Arrested

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week, a neo-Nazi British teenager was convicted for plotting attacks on synagogues in the United...

"After Hamas, PIJ is the second-largest terrorist group in Gaza and is sponsored by Iran and Syria, according to the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project."

"According to the Counter Extremism Project, a nonprofit that tracks hate groups, Siege Culture and Atomwaffen can be tied to five murders. One of those killings involves suspect Samuel Woodward, 21, who’s been charged in the 2018 fatal stabbing of...

Extremism Spotlight: Arrested ISIS Supporter in Chicago Radicalized by Abdullah Faisal

On November 15, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Jason Brown , a.k.a. Abdul Ja’Me , was arrested for attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS. According to the DOJ affidavit , Brown was radicalized in prison by...

"Since hosting provider Cloudfare blocked access to the site - following an announcement revealing that the author of the El Paso shootings in Texas, had posted a racist message on the site a few minutes before the attack on a shopping mall that...

Tech & Terrorism: Tech Relies on Fallacious Arguments to Obstruct Regulatory Efforts

Enacted in 2018, Germany’s pioneering and ambitious Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG ) represents an important milestone in curbing online extremism. However, the law, which fines online platforms for failures to delete illegal content, has been a...

"The Raising the Bar Act would create a government-backed program to help tech companies eliminate the scourge of posts, images and videos from terrorist groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda on their social networks. The legislation would direct the...

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Issues Threats In Spain, Iraq

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week, the pro-ISIS group Muntasir Media issued a threat to Spain and ISIS continued circulating a...

"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) works to combat extremist ideologies, including tackling terrorist content online and has actively followed the discussions on the proposed Terror Content Online regulation, says Senior Advisor, Lucinda Creighton...

"Some of the world’s biggest marketers halted YouTube spending this month after ads from large brands were found running alongside hateful and extremist videos. Google parent Alphabet Inc. risks losing $750 million in revenue this year from the...