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August 13, 2018

Malians went to the polls in the country's runoff presidential election on Sunday with threats of terror attacks on their minds, just as they were two weeks ago during the first round of elections when terror attacks disrupted several polling...

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August 11, 2018

During a recent three-month period, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) conducted a limited study to determine how ISIS content is being uploaded to YouTube, how long it is staying online, and how many views these videos receive. CEP’s study reveals...

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August 11, 2018

FACEBOOK is still broadcasting sickening terror videos of jihadists torturing and executing prisoners, a Daily Express investigation reveals today. Some had been online for months and viewed thousands of times. Others had been uploaded in the past...

CounterPoint Blog

Time for Europe to Designate All of Hezbollah

Europe has a Hezbollah problem. A year after a suspected Hezbollah bus bombing killed seven in Bulgaria in July 2012, the European Union designated Hezbollah’s military wing as a terrorist organization. But the EU drew a distinction between Hezbollah...

Press Release

August 10, 2018

ISIS’ Tactics Shift On The Battlefield & Over The Internet

On and off the battlefield, ISIS has proven itself to be especially resilient and adaptable. With the terror group having lost large swathes of its territory, especially in Mosul and Raqqa, they have shifted to tactics both old and new. They have...

Press Release

August 9, 2018

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: White Supremacy Extremists Continue Leveraging Facebook As Unite The Right 2 Arrives

Sunday, August 12 marks the scheduled return of Unite The Right 2, a sequel to last year’s rally, where a vehicle attack carried out by a white supremacist killed one woman and injured at least 30 others. Previously, the Counter Extremism Project...

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August 3, 2018

ISIS Attacks Carry on, as Regulators Worldwide Grapple With Terrorism

On July 29, a group of Westerners cycling through Tajikistan were attacked, resulting in four killed, including two Americans, a Swiss citizen and a Dutch national. Three more were injured in the attack, which ISIS quickly claimed credit for. The...

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August 2, 2018

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid writes: "During a recent three-month period, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) conducted a limited study using its own video-matching technology and YouTube’s API to identify the presence on YouTube of a small...

Press Release

August 2, 2018

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: With Charlottesville Anniversary Approaching, Far-Right Extremism Maintains Hold on Facebook

August marks the first anniversary of the tragic events in Charlottesville – and despite all the uproar that followed, Facebook’s promises to take more action against hate groups have rung hollow. The Guardian reports that the same actors involved in...

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August 2, 2018

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller on Sirius XM

CEP Spokesperson and Senior Policy Advisor Tara Maller speaks with Sirius XM's Chief DC Correspondent Olivier Knox about online extremism and CEP's report analyzing ISIS content on YouTube.

Daily Dose

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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