CEP Webinar: "Current global threat posed by ISIS and al-Qaeda" – Edmund Fitton-Brown (U.N.)

The global networks of ISIS and al-Qaeda continue to operate, plan, and execute attacks during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The arrest of an ISIS-linked cell in Germany on April 15, 2020 is a reminder of that reality. The suspects were also...

CEP Webinar “Current global threat posed by ISIS and al-Qaeda" – Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler (CEP)

On April 29, 2020, CEP senior director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler presented the latest CEP policy paper “Financing of Terrorism and Social Media Platforms”. The paper is based on recent CEP research concerning the major defensive mechanisms social...

CEP Webinar “Current global threat posed by ISIS and al-Qaeda" – Jacqueline Shire (U.N.)

The global networks of ISIS and al-Qaeda continue to operate, plan, and execute attacks during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The arrest of an ISIS-linked cell in Germany on April 15, 2020 is a reminder of that reality. The suspects were also...

Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project, Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks on The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green about clear signs of an imminent terorrist attack in Europe and beyond.

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Propaganda Site Reemerges One Month After Takedowns

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, a pro-ISIS website containing violent propaganda and...

CEP Senior Advisor Lucinda Creighton writes: "Never before has a situation demonstrated such a broad consensus for taking extra measures to regulate content online as the coronavirus has."

"David Ibsen of the Counter Extremism Project added: 'It’s particularly distasteful that the LDL is exploiting the coronavirus and the needs of the NHS to sell merchandise and spread the ideology of a terrorist organisation. There is no excuse for...

Tech & Terrorism: YouTube Moves To Undermine Its Program Protecting Advertisers From Extremist Videos

This week, the Wall Street Journal reported on efforts by Google-owned YouTube to restrict the platform’s “brand safety partners” from being able to share critical information about advertising on its video platform. According to the report, YouTube...

White Supremacists Glorify Timothy McVeigh On 25th Anniversary Of Oklahoma City Bombing

White supremacists this week celebrated Timothy McVeigh for his role in orchestrating what remains the deadliest domestic terrorist attack in U.S. history—the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The attack, which took...

"Instagram harmful content. Researchers from the Counter Extremism Project report this week that they have unearthed pro-ISIS and neo-Nazi accounts advocating for violence on the Instagram platform."