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Register Today: CEP Event to Probe Solutions to Online Extremism
Registration is being accepted for CEP's November 13 panel discussion in Washington, D.C. on the challenges of extremism and terrorism in an online world. Speakers will include Dr. Hany Farid, the world’s leading authority on digital forensics...
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Register Today for CEP Conference in Brussels, Belgium
CEP will be hosting a distinguished lineup of policy experts as well as current and former lawmakers, including former British Head of Counterterrorism in the FCO Sir Ivor Roberts and EU Commissioner for the Security Union Sir Julian King, at its...
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CEP Conference in Brussels to Highlight Solutions to Spread of Extremism
CEP will be hosting the Building Alliances--Preventing Terror policy conference on in Brussels, Belgium on October 17 and 18. The event will bring together senior policymakers, academics, industry representatives, NGOs, and the private sector to...
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Anwar al-Awlaki’s Influence on U.S. and European Extremists
Six years after his death on September 30, 2011, the teachings of radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, prevalent on platforms like YouTube, continue to radicalize and encourage acts of terrorism in the U.S. and in Europe. In Anwar al-Awlaki's Ties to...
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Google’s Counter-Narrative Program Falls Far Short of Combating Awlaki Material on YouTube
The continued presence of lectures by radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki on YouTube contradicts Google’s stated commitment to counteract the dangerous role played by extremist and terrorist content on its video-sharing platform, CEP said in releasing an...
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Anwar al-Awlaki Videos Ubiquitous on Google’s YouTube
Six years after his death, American-born cleric and al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki continues to radicalize U.S. and European extremists in part due to the ubiquity of his sermons and lectures on Google-owned YouTube, CEP said in releasing the...
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YouTube Inconsistently Applying “Warning Labels” to Awlaki Material
After years of refusing to remove lectures by radical cleric and all-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki on its platform, YouTube appears to have at least reluctantly acknowledged the influence of Awlaki’s radicalizing material. CEP discovered a warning...
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Anwar al-Awlaki’s Violent Legacy Continues Years After His Death
CEP highlighted Anwar al-Awlaki’s Violent Legacy in a collection of resources on the U.S.-born cleric who became a radicalizing figure tied to scores of extremists in the U.S. and Europe. Awlaki, the leader of external operations for al-Qaeda in the...
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Remembering the September 11 Attacks
CEP issued a statement today honoring the September 11 victims, which read in part: "While much has changed in the years since 19 hijackers deliberately crashed four jetliners in a deadly plot against the United States, the challenges posed by...
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The Violent Legacy of Sayyid Qutb
The world’s most dangerous terror groups, including ISIS and al-Qaeda, share a common ideological foundation in the writings and teachings of Egyptian author and Muslim Brotherhood ideologue Sayyid Qutb. More than 50 years after his death, Qutbism...
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