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21
Jan
Press Release

CEP Releases Updated Resource on the Taliban Following Attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan

CEP is releasing an updated resource on the history, ideology and leadership of Islamist extremist group the Taliban following its attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan on January 20 targeting students and independent television journalists. At least 29 people were killed and dozens were wounded.
20
Jan
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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.
18
Jan
Press Release

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 that left at least 30 people dead, including...
14
Jan
Press Release

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.
12
Jan
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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 for support in combatting the rampant...
8
Jan
Press Release

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.
21
Dec
Press Release

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, “There is a direct link between al-Awlaki’s teachings and American deaths. It is time to break that connection.”
18
Dec
Press Release

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.
17
Dec
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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. The profiles of all 54 can be found on CEP...
7
Dec
Press Release

“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 to recruit and incite violence for al-Shabab and ISIS.