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June 30, 2021

CEP Webinar with Dr. Hany Farid | Algorithmic Amplification of Divisive Content on Tech Platforms

On June 30, 2021, CEP hosted the first in a series of webinars with CEP Senior Advisor and UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Hany Farid. Misinformation and polarizing views have always existed, but the Internet and social media have accelerated the speed and...

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June 30, 2021

"The Counter Extremism Project, which monitors extremist activity online, said: 'CEP researchers identified a video posted on Streamable consisting of a recreation of the Christchurch terrorist attack video in the online video game Roblox, as well as...

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June 30, 2021

"Speaking to Express.co.uk, Liam Duffy, a strategic advisor to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), argued against the 'celebritisation' of western ISIS volunteers. He contrasted 'the plight of the Yazidis and the situation they’re living in now'...

Press Release

June 30, 2021

CEP Report Examines Threats From Extremism & Paramilitarism In Europe

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) published a new report, Looks Can Be Deceiving: Extremism Meets Paramilitarism In Central And Eastern Europe. The report, authored by CEP affiliated researcher Kacper Rekawek, examines case studies from the Czech...

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June 29, 2021

Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Discuss Terror Group’s Ongoing Threat to International Security

On Monday, Italy and the United States co-hosted a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Rome. The Global Coalition Ministerial was the group’s first in-person meeting in more than two years, during which the 83...

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June 28, 2021

Extremist Content Online: Online Extremists Create Digital Version of Christchurch Terrorist Attack in Videogames

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 identified a video posted on Streamable...

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June 24, 2021

CEP report on Jemaah Islamiyah referenced: "From there, all sides agree: Hambali became an operator within Jemaah Islamiyah or JI. It is a militant organization hoping to found an Islamic state in the Southeast Asian tropics."

Press Release

June 25, 2021

Boko Haram Confirms Death Of Terror Leader Abubakar Shekau

The Nigerian Islamist terror group Boko Haram has confirmed the death of its longtime leader, Abubakar Shekau. The announcement followed reports from the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP), a rival to Boko Haram, that Shekau had committed...

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June 23, 2021

"However, Qatar’s government 'has paid ransom demands, shipped supplies, and funnelled billions of dollars of funding' to militant groups across the Middle East, according to the Counter-Extremism Project (CEP), a think tank close to the US...

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June 22, 2021

"The nonprofit Counter Extremism Project says NSC-131 is a 'leaderless, decentralized organization' and lists Hood, previously of Malden, as its 'alleged founder.' During the Jan. 6 riot, screenshots taken from Telegram, the encrypted messaging app...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

In Their Own Words:

We reiterate once again that the brigades will directly target US bases across the region in case the US enemy commits a folly and decides to strike our resistance fighters and their camps [in Iraq].

Abu Ali al-Askari, Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) Security Official Mar. 2023
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