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"Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher for the Counter Extremism Project, says that groups like the ‘Nordic Resistance’ and ‘Hundred Handers’ have sought to increase their membership by capitalising on the pandemic, and ‘Generation Identity’ has used the crisis...

Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project, Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks on The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green about clear signs of an imminent terorrist attack in Europe and beyond.

CEP Senior Advisor Lucinda Creighton writes: "Never before has a situation demonstrated such a broad consensus for taking extra measures to regulate content online as the coronavirus has."...

"David Ibsen of the Counter Extremism Project added: 'It’s particularly distasteful that the LDL is exploiting the coronavirus and the needs of the NHS to sell merchandise and spread the ideology of a terrorist organisation. There is no excuse for allowing organisations or their...

"Instagram harmful content. Researchers from the Counter Extremism Project report this week that they have unearthed pro-ISIS and neo-Nazi accounts advocating for violence on the Instagram platform."...

“'While there is no link at this time between Wortman and neo-Nazi groups or ideology, it makes sense that the most violent neo-Nazi accelerationist elements would glorify him,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, an analyst specializing in the far-right at the U.S. based Counter Extremism...

"The motive behind this data dump, according to researchers from anti-terrorism watchdogs like SITE and Counter Extremism Project, seems to be to sow discontent, misinformation, and resentment amid a population already reeling under the socio-economic duress of quarantines and lockdowns."...

"The Counter Extremism Project says extremist groups are continuing to plot attacks. 'The arrest of an ISIS-linked cell in Germany on April 15 is a reminder of that reality,' it said. "The suspects were also reportedly involved in raising funds for their planned attacks,...

“'Neo-Nazi accelerationist Telegram channels have increased their calls for destabilisation and violence related to Covid-19,' Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher with the US-based Counter Extremism Project, told Al Jazeera. 'These channels are treating the current situation...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "...one figure stated as ‘current’ stands out – and not in a good way. The number of people who the security service has investigated for links to terrorism has doubled from 20,000 in 2017 to 40,000 now."...