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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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New CEP Reports Detail Muslim Brotherhood History, Activities Across the Middle East and North Africa
CEP today released new reports on the Muslim Brotherhood in 12 countries. The new reports detail the Sunni Islamist movement’s origins, history, violent activities, and government designations in: Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco...
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Extremism Spotlight: Siege’s Ties to Extremists
James Mason’s neo-Nazi manifesto, Siege , has since inspired a generation of neo-Nazis since it was first published as a single volume in 1992. The book sparked a violent online subculture called Siege Culture, devoted to Mason’s calls for...
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