CEP Conference in Brussels to Highlight Solutions to Spread of Extremism

CEP will be hosting the Building Alliances--Preventing Terror policy conference on in Brussels, Belgium on October 17 and 18. The event will bring together senior policymakers, academics, industry representatives, NGOs, and the private sector to...

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a non-profit dedicated to tackling extremism, alleged that it has found more than 70,000 videos of Anwar al-Awlaki, a dead radical imam whose sermons are said to have inspired atrocities including the 7/7 bombings...

CEP President Fran Townsend on CBS

CEP President Fran Townsend on CBS News to discuss the Las Vegas shooting investigation.

CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the investigation into Sunday night's mass shooting at a Las Vegas outdoor country music festival.

CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the October 31 New York City terrorist attack with host Charlie Rose.

Anwar al-Awlaki’s Influence on U.S. and European Extremists

Six years after his death on September 30, 2011, the teachings of radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, prevalent on platforms like YouTube, continue to radicalize and encourage acts of terrorism in the U.S. and in Europe. In Anwar al-Awlaki's Ties to...

Google’s Counter-Narrative Program Falls Far Short of Combating Awlaki Material on YouTube

The continued presence of lectures by radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki on YouTube contradicts Google’s stated commitment to counteract the dangerous role played by extremist and terrorist content on its video-sharing platform, CEP said in releasing an...

Anwar al-Awlaki Videos Ubiquitous on Google’s YouTube

Six years after his death, American-born cleric and al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki continues to radicalize U.S. and European extremists in part due to the ubiquity of his sermons and lectures on Google-owned YouTube, CEP said in releasing the...

"The Counter Extremism Project plans to take aim at Google and YouTube this week, arguing that the companies are not doing enough to crack down on content that promotes terrorism. The group takes issue with videos showing lectures from Anwar al...

The Counter Extremism Project(CEP) is highlighting Anwar al-Awlaki’s Violent Legacy in a collection of resources on the U.S.-born cleric who had for years served as a radicalizing figure for U.S. and European extremists. Awlaki, the leader of...