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"Amb. Edmund Fitton-Brown, the coordinator of the ISIL, al-Qaida and Taliban Monitoring Team for the United Nations Security Council, will speak at the Counter Extremism Project webinar on ‘The Prospect For Peace In Afghanistan,' at 9 a.m."...

"'To have that kind of broad tent, that's incredibly dangerous,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher with the Counter Extremism Project, a policy group formed to combat online extremist ideologies."...

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed for Svenska Yle's "Arenans radio" podcast, about the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, found guilty of running a criminal organization in Greece: "Most of the most nastiest groups and individuals within the transnational movement...

"'There is no single magic answer to solving the misinformation apocalypse,' argues [CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany] Farid. Instead, the social platforms must be more responsible, and that means a combination of better labeling, a better focus on regulations of reach (rather than just...

"The director of the Counter Extremism Project think-tank, Hans-Jakob Schindler, said this would be a change in tactics for the Kurdish forces, who have previously been against prosecuting fighters locally."...

CEP Senior Advisor Sir Ivor Roberts writes: "The overriding priority should be to bring these Isis brides to face justice wherever possible and as soon as it can be arranged. Leaving them to plot their escapes from the camps should not be an option. If it means bringing those with UK...

"Mr Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, insisted that the British authorities rapidly address the problem of overseas funding for ISIS, but said the priority should be bringing the women to justice."...

CEP Senior Advisor Sir Ivor Roberts spoke on TimesRadio on reports that ISIS supporters are using fund-raising applications and crowd-sourcing in order to help women and children escape Syrian camps. Roberts says ISIS supporters living in refugee camps should be brought back to the United Kingdom...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "But what if the unthinkable happens? Terrorists who remain active in custody are avid consumers of their environment. They have all day to observe routines, personalities, obstacles and opportunities. Those committed to an ideology that rewards martyrdom...

"In a statement to VICE News, Hans-Jakob Schindler, the senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, said that the finding that Golden Dawn was a crime group, rather than a legitimate political party, sent a message to the violent international far-right scene 'that their actions will...