CEP in the News

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February 27, 2019

"In October 2018, Cloudflare stood out by continuing to support the chat platform Gab–infamous for racist chatter, including a post by Robert Bowers, who was charged with murdering 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue on October 27. Infrastructure...

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February 27, 2019

"Cloudflare, a San Francisco content delivery network rumored to be prepping for a $3.5 billion IPO, is no stranger to controversy over its absolutist free-speech policies–and often embraces the debate. The latest flashpoint was a December Huffington...

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February 22, 2019

"Earlier this month, EU authorities tightened restrictions on chemical sales in what they said was a bid to stop the returning ISIS jihadists from targeting Europeans with homemade explosives. The proposals, which have still to be signed off by the...

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February 22, 2019

"This is how Hoda Muthana became an ISIS fanatic on Twitter. The 24-year-old 'ISIS bride' — who is currently in Syria begging to be allowed back into the US — ran off to join the terror group in November 2014 after being radicalized through the...

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February 21, 2019

"A BOMB-MAKING video used by the Manchester Arena terrorist is again being shared online, The Sun can reveal. Since the Manchester bombing in May 2017, researchers from the Counter Extremism Project have found the video circulating online 24 separate...

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February 16, 2019

"More men and boys from a Somali American community in Minneapolis have joined – or attempted to join – a foreign terrorist organization over the last 12 years than any other jurisdiction in the country. FBI stats show 45 Somalis left to join the...

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February 16, 2019

"Fascist Forge, the newest online breeding ground for neo-Nazi terror cells, has been taken down. The forum was founded in April of 2018 with the explicit goal of creating a networking site for some of the most extreme and violent players in the far...

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February 15, 2019

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Shamima Begum was an innocent schoolgirl, aged 15, when she voluntarily left the comfort of her home in Bethnal Green and travelled to Syria. She is no longer that innocent schoolgirl, she has at the very least...

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February 13, 2019

"Europe is beefing up its rules to keep terrorists from making homemade bombs with domestic products. The rules, which should go into effect around the end of 2020, will now require businesses to report "suspicious" sales of some substances within 24...

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February 12, 2019

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid discusses the need for Facebook and other tech companies to do more to combat dangerous extremist content online. In a February 5 letter, CEP invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to join top CEP advisors for a public...

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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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