CEP in the News

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February 2, 2021

"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) think tank has been monitoring ISIS and far-right propaganda across social media sites. The report said that the video was spread more widely through a number of file-sharing sites."

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January 27, 2021

CEP senior researcher Josh Lipowsky writes: "CEP has concluded that, contrary to reports of a new anti-Semitism, what we see in the world today is very much the same anti-Semitism we have witnessed for thousands of years but repackaged to fit modern...

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January 27, 2021

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen writes: "...a closer look at Big Tech’s history with removing extremist and terrorist content reveals that the industry has done little to seriously address the systemic ills that plague social media platforms."

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January 26, 2021

"According to Joshua Fisher-Birch, a terrorism analyst at the Counter Extremism Project, he detected an uptick in the promotion of the 'unnamed org' and the decentralized cell model as early as last year, when the FBI began dismantling the Base, and...

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January 26, 2021

" An influx of newcomers from platforms such as Parler in recent weeks, coupled with Telegram's moves to take down some content inciting violence, have left some far-right networks on the platform in a state of confusion, said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a...

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January 25, 2021

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Jonathan Hall QC, the government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, has launched an inquiry into how our prison service is managing the threat posed by terrorism. The backdrop to his review is the...

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January 24, 2021

CEP report referenced: "A recent report commissioned by the German foreign ministry describes 'a new leaderless transnational apocalyptically minded, violent far-right extremist movement' that has emerged over the past decade."

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January 22, 2021

"'During the last few years, a new leaderless, transnational, apocalyptic and violent extreme right-wing movement has emerged,' said Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project. 'The extreme right-wing movement is connected...

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January 22, 2021

CEP Advisory Board Member Sir Ivor Roberts writes: "As far as Hamza is concerned, America’s justice system should be left under no illusion that the safest place for him to stay is behind bars in their tough jail system. Sending him home puts the...

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January 22, 2021

CEP Advisory Board Member Sir Ivor Roberts quoted: "But Sir Ivor Roberts, the Foreign Office's former head of counter-terrorism, last night said a return for Hamza would be the 'last thing' UK cops and spooks would need. And writing exclusively for...