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Press Release

April 24, 2019

Smart Regulation and Smart Technology

CEP and the UN Office of Counter Terrorism will have a brown bag lunch and roundtable discussion on April 25 from 1-2:30 hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UN. The topic of the free event will be the regulatory...

Press Release

April 23, 2019

ICYMI: CEP Identifies Multiple Examples of Infamous ISIS Bomb Making Video Online

On April 17, 2019, CEP researchers located the infamous ISIS bomb-making and execution video, “You Must Fight Them O Muwahhid ,” on several video streaming and file download websites. The video shows step-by-step instructions for the construction of...

Press Release

April 22, 2019

Smart Regulation and Smart Technology

CEP and the UN Office of Counter Terrorism will have a brown bag lunch and roundtable discussion on April 25 from 1-2:30 hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UN. The topic of the free event will be the regulatory...

Press Release

April 18, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: One Month After New Zealand Massacre Broadcasted on Facebook Live, Company Revises Livestream Policy

CEP has documented Facebook’s reactionary policy changes since November 2007, exposing how the company typically makes improvements following public accusations, scandal or pressure from governments. This week, Facebook announced that it will begin...

Press Release

April 17, 2019

European Parliament Passes Meaningful Vote on Terror Content File

The European Parliament today voted in favour of regulation preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online. CEP Executive Director David Ibsen said the regulation was "a positive start in the fight against digital radicalisation, propaganda...

Press Release

April 17, 2019

Extremist Content Online: CEP Continues Finding Christchurch Attack Content on YouTube

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week’s edition finds that videos from the Christchurch terror attack are still being uploaded...

Press Release

April 16, 2019

Smart Regulation and Smart Technology

CEP and the UN Office of Counter Terrorism will have a brown bag lunch and roundtable discussion on April 25 from 1-2:30 hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UN. The topic of the free event will be the regulatory...

Press Release

April 15, 2019

Sudan’s President and Chairman of Muslim Brotherhood-Linked National Congress Party Ousted by Military

CEP today released updated resources on Sudan’s National Congress Party ( NCP ), the successor organization to the Muslim Brotherhood -affiliated National Islamic Front ( NIF ). Recently deposed Sudanese President and NCP chairman Omar Hassan Ahmed...

Press Release

April 12, 2019

CEP Commends Speaker Pelosi for Waving in “New Era” for Tech Industry Regulation

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen said the following today in response to comments made by Speaker Nancy Pelosi regarding regulation of the tech industry, specifically, changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act ( CDA ). In an...

Press Release

April 11, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: Presence of Banned Neo-Nazi Content Demonstrates YouTube’s Failure to Enforce its Own Rules

This week, CEP revealed that supporters of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division ( AWD ) have re-uploaded AWD’s videos yet again on YouTube. Despite the tech giant banning AWD’s channel more than a year ago, YouTube failed to prevent the upload of...

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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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