CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid interviewed: "It’s a problem of collaboration across the industry and it’s a problem of the underlying technology. And if this was the first time it happened, I’d understand. But this is not, this is not the 10th...

Great Replacement Theory: An Ethno-Nationalist Justification For Violence

Prior to killing 10 and wounding three in a Buffalo, New York, grocery store this past weekend, the alleged gunman spent hours writing a 180-page online manifesto outlining his motivations for the attack. One of the central ideas espoused was the...

Tech & Terrorism: Tech Companies Fail To Stop Buffalo Attack Video From Proliferating Online

On Saturday, May 14, a gunman targeting African Americans opened fired at a Buffalo, New York grocery store, killing 10 and wounding three others, while livestreaming his attack on the Amazon-owned platform Twitch. Twitch cut off the video within two...

"On this week’s edition of 'The Hunt with WTOP National Security correspondent JJ Green,' Dr. Hans Jakob-Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, discusses the link between the Buffalo, New York, shooting and the Christchurch, New...

"David Daoud, the expert on Hezbollah of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) stresses that the group’s influence within Lebanon is a critical factor that would undermine chances of genuine economic and governmental reform..."

President Joe Biden Authorizes Redeployment Of U.S. Troops To Help Combat Al-Shabaab In Somalia

In a move to assist newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Somalia’s fight against al-Shabaab, President Joe Biden this week approved the redeployment of U.S. ground forces to the country—a reversal from the previous administration’s late...

"He has links to Al Islah, the Somali branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. The group claims to reject violence in pursuit of an Islamic state, the Counter Extremism Project said. But the technocrat's term was marked by corruption scandals and political...

“The ‘Great Replacement’ is most popular among extremist groups, according to The Counter Extremism Project, a nonprofit and non-partisan organization that studies extremist ideologies.”

“‘The theory had existed in other forms,’ Josh Lipowsky, senior research analyst for the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project, told Grid, ‘but [Camus’ book] really brought it to the forefront, and we saw several groups latching on to it.’”

Extremist Content Online: Buffalo Massacre Gunman’s Video And Alleged Manifesto Spread Widely Online

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. The video made by the perpetrator of the Buffalo racist massacre and his...