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Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Kata’ib Hezbollah, and the Badr Organization
CEP released updated resources on three powerful Iraqi Shiite militias. One of the Iranian-backed Shiite militias is reportedly responsible for the disappearance of three Americans from an apartment in Baghdad on January 15.
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CEP Releases Resources on Al-Mourabitoun and AQIM Following Burkina Faso Attacks
(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing updated resources on violent Islamic terror groups al-Mourabitoun and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), following their attacks across the West African country of Burkina Faso...
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Lawsuit Alleging Twitter Provides “Material Support” to ISIS Highlights Dangers of Unchecked Social Media Misuse by Extremists
CEP CEO Ambassador Mark Wallace said that a lawsuit filed against Twitter by the family of a Florida man killed in Jordan by ISIS highlights the dangers and personal costs resulting from the unchecked misuse of social media platforms by extremists.
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CEP Applauds White House Outreach to Tech Industry in Effort to Prevent Online Incitement and Radicalization
Clear need for tech companies to act to prevent extremists’ weaponization of online platforms (New York, NY) -- The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today applauded the Obama Administration for reaching out to America’s leading technology companies...
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CEP Applauds Creation of Countering Violent Extremism Task Force Under George Selim
CEP applauded the creation of a government-wide Countering Violent Extremism Task Force, to be housed at the Department of Homeland Security under the direction of George Selim, to coordinate all CVE programs in America.
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CEP Highlights Importance of Removing Anwar al-Awlaki from Social Media – Particularly YouTube
CEP expressed concern today over the continued presence of radical American cleric and propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki's content on social media, particularly YouTube, and his influence on homegrown extremists. CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace said,...
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ICYMI: CEP CEO Mark D. Wallace Highlights Challenge of Encryption in Washington Post Editorial
CEP CEO Mark D. Wallace wrote about the challenges posed by terrorists using social media and encyrption to propagandize, recruit and plan attacks in an editorial published in the Washington Post December 16.
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CEP Profiles New ISIS Recruiters, Propagandists, and Inciters to Violence Operating on Twitter
(New York, NY) -- The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today released profiles of 16 new ISIS recruiters, propagandists, and inciters to violence operating on Twitter. CEP has now released profiles on 54 of the most prolific ISIS operatives on Twitter...
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“Mujahid Miski,” Notorious Jihadi Recruiter and Subject of Counter Extremism Project’s Constant Tracking, is in Custody in Somalia
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) applauded the arrest in Somalia of prolific jihadi propagandist and recruiter Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, a.k.a. “Mujahid Miski,” who created a broad social-media presence on Twitter and other social media platforms...
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Counter Extremism Project Releases Statement on News that San Bernardino Shooter Pledged Allegiance to ISIS
CEP released the following statement in response to news reports that one of the shooters in the December 2, San Bernadino, California, attack pledged allegiance to ISIS in a Facebook posting.
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