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Anjem Choudary’s Extremist Network Rebuilds in Year After Radical Cleric’s Early Release from Prison
In the year since Anjem Choudary’s early release from prison, the radical Islamic cleric and convicted ISIS supporter has inspired a revival of al-Muhajiroun , the U.K.-banned extremist group he co-founded in 1996. In its report, Anjem Choudary’s...

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Tech & Terrorism: Atomwaffen Division Video Reuploaded To YouTube After Removal
YouTube is unable or unwilling to keep known extreme neo-Nazi propaganda off their website. An Atomwaffen Division (AWD ) propaganda video clip has been reuploaded to YouTube, most likely by the original uploader . In both cases, the account has...

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Extremist Content Online: Twitch Streamed German Synagogue Shooting Proliferating on Telegram
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 the Yom Kippur synagogue shooting in Halle, Germany that was livestreamed on...

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Tech & Terrorism: Content Removal Policies Must be Applied Consistently Across all Types of Extremism
Facebook recently made modifications to its Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy, in an attempt to limit extremism on its platform. Amongst other changes, the company updated its definition of terrorist organizations from “acts of violence...

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Iranian-Aligned Militias Contribute to Iraq’s Instability
A renewed spotlight has been placed on the power and influence of Iran-aligned militias in Iraq. Known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMFs ), these predominantly Shiite, anti-American, and anti-Sunni extremists have created issues for Iraqi...

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Extremist Content Online: Atomwaffen Division Reappears 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 the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division has released a new video and...
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Tech & Terrorism: Tech Companies Fail to Curb Online Abuses
Child exploitation content on the Internet has dramatically increased, and current efforts to prevent and remove it by tech companies and law enforcement are not enough. In a recent New York Times article , Counter Extremism Project (CEP ) Senior...

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Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazi James Mason Disingenuously Attempts To Distance Himself From Previous Calls for Violence
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, neo-Nazi James Mason spoke out against mass shootings in a podcast, but his remarks...

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Extremist Content Online: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Releases Second Video in 2019
On September 16, 2019, ISIS’s al Furqan Media Foundation released an address by the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi . Titled “And Say, Act,” the speech was widely released on Telegram and various audio, video, and file sharing platforms...

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Guns and Glory: Criminality, Imprisonment, and Jihadist Extremism in Europe
Terrorist groups are recruiting and radicalising criminals in an effort to carry out attacks on European soil. A new joint study by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP ) and the European Policy Centre (EPC ), Guns and Glory: Criminality, Imprisonment...
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