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December 19, 2022

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Videos Pledging Allegiance To New Leader Found On Multiple Websites

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located four new ISIS propaganda videos...

Press Release

December 16, 2022

Extremist Content Online: Instagram Edition

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to spread propaganda, recruit followers, and incite violence on popular social media platforms in order to hold companies accountable for failures to prevent the...

Press Release

December 12, 2022

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Facebook Accounts Share Propaganda And Reupload Footage From 2016 Video

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located 10 pro-ISIS accounts on Facebook...

Press Release

December 10, 2022

ICYMI: CEP Senior Director Explains Group Plotting German Coup

Following the arrest of 25 suspected members of the far-right Reichsbürger (“Citizens of the Reich”) movement by German police on December 7, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler gave background on how the group...

Press Release

December 9, 2022

Extremist Content Online: Telegram Edition

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to spread propaganda, recruit followers, and incite violence on popular social media platforms in order to hold companies accountable for failures to prevent the...

Press Release

December 8, 2022

Tech & Terrorism: U.S. Senate Report Finds Big Tech Continues To Amplify Extremist Content

After a three-year investigation into the rise of domestic terrorism and the federal government response, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs recently published its report, The Rising Threat of Domestic Extremism: A...

Press Release

December 5, 2022

Extremist Content Online: Extreme Right Telegram Channels Promote Antisemitism And Celebrate Colorado Springs Shooting

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located multiple extreme right Telegram...

Press Release

December 5, 2022

Fighting Extremism And Terrorism On Social Media Platforms: The Possibilities And Limitations Of The EU’s Digital Services Act

The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) and the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) cordially invite you to a hybrid panel discussion: “Fighting Extremism And Terrorism On Social Media Platforms: The Possibilities And Limitations Of The EU’s...

Press Release

December 2, 2022

Tech & Terrorism: Christchurch Livestream Video Found On Twitter

Over the weekend, Twitter users successfully uploaded a video of the 2019 Christchurch shootings to the platform. The video, which was livestreamed by Brenton Tarrant who attacked two mosques and killed 51 Muslim worshippers, was only removed after...

Press Release

December 1, 2022

CEP Impact: TamTam Deletes Channels Promoting Neo-Nazi Accelerationism And Terror

Following a report by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), TamTam, a Russia-based messenger platform, has removed 18 channels endorsing neo-Nazi accelerationism and acts of terrorism. The channels posted bomb-making instructions and encouraged other...

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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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