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August 13, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Cloudflare Provides Services To Pro-ISIS Propaganda Website

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Although Cloudflare has ceased providing services 8chan , which hosted alleged El Paso attacker Patrick...

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August 8, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: Cloudflare, Tucows Under Scrutiny After El Paso Terror Attack

Suspected gunman Patrick Crusius uploaded a 2,300 word manifesto on 8chan’s politically incorrect board, an online message board known for attracting far-right and neo-Nazi users, shortly before launching his shooting rampage in El Paso, Texas last...

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August 2, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: FTC Levies Record Penalty Against Facebook for Violating User Privacy

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fined Facebook a record-breaking $5 billion for giving third parties access to information that Facebook users did not want to share. Among the settlement’s terms, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg is to remove...

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August 1, 2019

Somalia’s Deadly Year Continues with Suicide Bombing

On July 24, 2019, a suicide bomber walked into a high-level security meeting in the mayor’s office in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, and detonated explosives. The attack killed six people and seriously injured another six, including mayor Abdirahaman...

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July 29, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Cloudflare Provides Services for White Supremacist Content, Including New Zealand Attack Video

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. CEP identified two white supremacist websites, one dedicated to the neo-Nazi manifesto Siege and the...

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July 24, 2019

Tri-Border Countries Enter into Alliance Against Terrorism

On July 22, Argentina , Brazil , and Paraguay entered into an alliance with the United States to counter “illicit activity” and terrorism in the Tri-Border Area (TBA), the region that straddles the three South American countries’ borders. The “three...

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July 22, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Group Returns to YouTube

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms. This week, CEP identified an ISIS video from War and Media Agency on YouTube. Additionally, the terror group released several videos from Tunisia...

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July 17, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: In Piecemeal Approach, WordPress Removes Neo-Nazi Website

This month, CEP identified a new WordPress website for a militant neo-Nazi survivalist network known as The Base, which has advocated for acts of terrorism against critical U.S. infrastructure and promoted violence against Jews and minorities. The...

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July 16, 2019

Extremist Content Online: ISIS & Allies Recruit, Fundraise Online

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 details the emergence of a new ISIS video from its self-proclaimed state in Turkey...

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July 11, 2019

In Policy Reversal, YouTube Removes Audiobook Copies of Siege, The Turner Diaries

Copies of Audiobook uploads of the neo-Nazi manifesto Siege and The Turner Diaries , a so-called “ Handbook for White Victory ” for white nationalists, seem to have been taken down by YouTube. The apparent removal of these videos represents a policy...