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...

“'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...

"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."

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

"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...

"'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...

"'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...

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."

"The Counter Extremism Project reports that upon the completion of his studying, he served as an officer in Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s army. But following the US-led occupation of Iraq and the capture of Hussein in 2003, he 'turned to violent...

"He joined al-Qa'ida in Iraq after the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam in 2003, the multi-national Counter Extremism Project said."