CEP Spotlight: Dr. Hany Farid

CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid, an internationally recognized expert in digital forensics, misinformation, algorithmic amplification, image analysis, and hashing technology, is a professor at UC Berkeley with a joint appointment in Electrical...

CEP Webinar | “Financing of Right-Wing Extremist Structures -- Misuse of Online Services” | Dr. Thorsten Hindrichs

This webinar on Nov. 29, 2021 explored the current situation and discuss the various challenges encountered by governments and industry in countering this threat. This webinar was the third event in a virtual event series during which CEP, supported...

CEP Webinar | “Financing of Right-Wing Extremist Structures – Misuse of Online Services” | Alexander Ritzmann

This webinar on Nov. 29, 2021 explored the current situation and discuss the various challenges encountered by governments and industry in countering this threat. This webinar was the third event in a virtual event series during which CEP, supported...

Neo-Nazi Telegram Channel Continues Doxing FDA, CDC Officials

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. This week, CEP researchers found a neo-Nazi Telegram channel being used...

"In a June 2021 report, the Counter Extremism Project, a nonpartisan research and advocacy group based in New York, said attacks against protesters using cars are most often the domain of the far-right, although 'some were also perpetrated by those...

"Gregory Waters, a research analyst with the Counter Extremism Project, told Metro.co.uk: ‘It’s nothing like the oil trade Isis had when it was controlling territory, but they don’t have the expenses they had before. ‘All they need now is supplies...

"Gregory Waters, analyste de recherche au Counter Extremism Project, a déclaré à Metro.co.uk: « Cela ne ressemble en rien au commerce du pétrole qu’Isis avait lorsqu’il contrôlait le territoire, mais ils n’ont pas les dépenses qu’ils avaient...

CEP Analyst Gregory Waters quoted: “No se parece en nada al comercio de petróleo que tenía Isis cuando controlaba el territorio, pero no tienen los gastos que tenían antes. Todo lo que necesitan ahora son suministros para sus celdas y pagar a los...

"Hundreds of animals were reportedly stolen every week at the beginning of 2021, with farmers being murdered in raids or killed by mines laid on roads and in grazing areas. Some of the cattle is being used to sustain the fighters. Gregory Waters, a...

U.K. To Ban Terror Group Hamas In Its Entirety

Today, U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that Hamas, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), will be similarly banned in its entirety under the U.K.’s Terrorism Act. The new policy will supplant a ban on the Hamas’s military...