Eye on Extremism: June 27, 2022

“Two people died and 21 were wounded early on Saturday in what police called an "act of Islamist terrorism". The shootings were in and near the London Pub, a popular LGBTQ+ venue, the Herr Nilsen jazz club and another pub. Norway's prime minister...

"The Counter Extremism Project says the Order of Nine Angles is full of neo-Nazi-Satanists whose nihilistic ideology 'supports violent jihadist terrorism, in line with its accelerationist philosophy to support the destruction of the current world...

Eye on Extremism: June 24, 2022

“The Department of Homeland Security recently warned that the threat from foreign terrorist organizations and cyberthreat from adversaries like Russia, including election interference, will likely increase in 2022 according to an intelligence...

"Concerns about a potential flood of far-right foreign fighters to Ukraine in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion have not to date materialized. According to a May 2022 Counter Extremism Project (CEP) study led by this author and on which this...

U.S. Designates Three Connected To The Russian Imperial Movement

Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department added three individuals to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) connected with the white supremacist Russian Imperial Movement (RIM). RIM and its leadership were first designated by the U...

Eye on Extremism: June 23, 2022

“The U.S. is stepping carefully into Central Asia—an area Russia regards as its backyard—hoping to coax the governments there to work with the U.S. to fight any resurgent terrorism from Afghanistan, according to a senior American military leader...

"Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, both from Alabama, are "among a number of U.S. veterans who have traveled to Ukraine to join or assist the Ukrainian military as it attempts to hold back the Russian invasion," Dan Lamothe reports for The...

Eye on Extremism: June 22, 2022

“EU states may only gather the airline passenger data strictly necessary to combat serious crime and terrorism, Europe's top court said on Tuesday, and banned the use of machine learning to harvest the data. The Passenger Name Record Directive (PNR)...

CEP report referenced and Spain chapter author, Quique Badia, interviewed: "Según revela el detallado informe publicado recientemente por la organización Counter Extremism Project, solo unos cientos finalmente han viajado al país. Muchos, ni siquiera...

Extremist Content Online: ISIS And Neo-Nazi Propaganda Spread On Social Media

The Counter Extremism Project (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, CEP researchers located three Facebook accounts that posted...