CEP in the News

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October 30, 2019

"As major tech companies step up efforts to curb extremist content on their platforms, far-right white extremists continue to find ways to spread violent messages and attract sympathizers on the internet. Josh Lipowsky, a senior researcher with the...

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October 30, 2019

"Experts have noticed a 'surge' in pro-ISIS social media posts in the wake of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death. The Counter Extremism Project said the jihadists had been posting 'regular propaganda' after the terrorist leader died in a U.S. special...

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October 29, 2019

Security analysts have noted an upsurge in pro-ISIS social media posts following the death of leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi and predict an influx of new support for the group. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), which monitors posts by radicals, says...

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October 28, 2019

CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the impact of the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Townsend said his death will be a blow to the movement at large.

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October 28, 2019

"Think of a hot-button technology issue: online radicalisation; counterterrorism; fake news; cybersecurity; 5G networks safety. There is a good chance that Julian King is the EU official in charge of that issue. Of the 22 Security Union laws proposed...

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October 27, 2019

"The loss of one person, Braniff believes, even someone like Baghdadi, will not likely destroy a significant terror organization like ISIS. Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project has a slightly different view....

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October 23, 2019

CEP Advisory Board Member Senator Joseph I. Lieberman writes: "With each new terror attack or mass murder linked to extremist content online, major tech companies like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter make promises to better police their platforms. But...

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October 23, 2019

" A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers accused Twitter on Tuesday of violating U.S. law in allowing content from U.S.-designated terrorist groups, including Hezbollah and Hamas, to appear on its site. ' It is outrageous that Twitter, a U.S.-based...

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October 20, 2019

"Hate preacher Anjem Choudary is inspiring his network of extremists and poses a renewed terror threat a year after he left jail, an analysis by experts has warned. Experts from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) say the decision to give Choudary...

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October 18, 2019

"Mr Acheson, a senior adviser with the US-based Counter-Extremism Project, said society must understand how terrorists are radicalised and motivated. 'We don’t want to in any way, shape or form cede any ground to people who wish to murder for...

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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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