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.
Videos
CEP Spokesperson and Senior Policy Advisor Tara Maller on BBC's Outside Source discussing methods to counter extremism online.
News
CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the Investigation process used in the London terror attack near the British Parliament on CBS This Morning.
News
CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses CEP's efforts to combat online extremism by pressuring Internet and social media companies to remove the most violent and dangerous types of extremist content using technology.
News
CEP Research Director Julie Shain discusses the London terror attacker and methods used by ISIS and other extremist groups to pump out radicalizing propaganda online, radicalize and inspire attacks.
Videos
CEP Research Director Julie Shain on BBC News talks about how extremists are using social media.
Press Release
(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project issued the following statement from CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and President Frances F. Townsend in response to the terror attack on Westminster Bridge and subsequent stabbing outside of the Houses...
Press Release
One year after the worst bombings in its modern history, Belgium and the rest of Europe continue to struggle with the complex challenges of terrorism and extremism, CEP said, in releasing a new report on preventing jihadist radicalization in Europe...
Press Release
CEP's new report contrasts Google’s pledge to divert users away from radicalizing and extremist content, with the increasing availability of sermons and lectures from radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki on Google-owned YouTube, as controversy continues...
Press Release
CEP is calling on President Trump and ministers from 68 countries gathering in Washington, D.C. this week to focus on the defeat of ISIS on the cyber-battlefield, given the extremist group’s continued ability to weaponize the Internet and social...
CounterPoint Blog
On February 14, the Iraqi military announced that a wave of airstrikes directed at ISIS on February 11 in Anbar province near the border with Syria had killed 77 extremists, including 13 senior commanders. One of the airstrikes also targeted the...
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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