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April 10, 2020

CEP Advisor Kacper Rekawek speaks with Christian Esch of Der Spiegel about extremist right-wing fighters in light of the US decision to sanction the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM).

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April 8, 2020

"Polling data by the Counter Extremism Project shows that 'the French public, relative to public opinion in the United States and other European countries, has long viewed Islamist-based extremism as one of its greatest threats.'”

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April 5, 2020

CEP "The Far Right on Facebook" study quoted in report: "Yet, Facebook is losing the fight: in September 2018, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) identified and monitored a selection of 40 Facebook pages that sell white supremacist clothing, music...

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April 3, 2020

“'These groups understand that a pandemic and economic downturn provide them with opportunities to promote conspiracy theories, assign blame and offer their ideology as a solution,' Counter Extremism Project researcher Joshua Fisher-Birch told The...

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April 2, 2020

"The Counter Extremism Project, the U.S.-based global terrorism watchdog that first spotted the post targeting the Jewish day school in Philadelphia, said that federal authorities were aware of the Zoombombing plans."

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March 30, 2020

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses deep fakes with Nauel Semaan for the Konrad Adenaur Stiftung's International Reports.

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March 27, 2020

"Joshua Fisher-Birch of the Counter Extremism Project described the trend as 'very concerning.' Militant neo-Nazis 'really are trying to exploit the crisis,' he explained. 'They see that people are afraid. They want people to be even more afraid...

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March 26, 2020

"'Neo-Nazi accelerationist Telegram channels have increased their calls for destabilisation and violence related to COVID-19,' Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher from the United States-based Counter Extremism Project, which monitors international...

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March 26, 2020

"'Extreme right-wing accelerationist and neo-Nazi Telegram chats and channels have increased their frequency of calling for violence related to the coronavirus since the president’s declaration of a national emergency on March 13,' Counter Extremism...

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March 24, 2020

CEP researcher Joshua "Fisher-Birch said the posts that attracted the attention of the FBI and Homeland Security are similar to others that predated the pandemic. They encourage action but without a specific plan."

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

In Their Own Words:

We reiterate once again that the brigades will directly target US bases across the region in case the US enemy commits a folly and decides to strike our resistance fighters and their camps [in Iraq].

Abu Ali al-Askari, Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) Security Official Mar. 2023
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