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May 27, 2020

CEP Webinar: Can Convicted Terrorists Be Rehabilitated?

Many terrorist offenders imprisoned in the European Union and the United States will be released in the coming years. The significant increase in convictions of Foreign Terrorist Fighters since 2014 has created a larger than ever terrorism-related...

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May 26, 2020

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler's study on 'Terrorist Financing and Social Media' published by the Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW), featured by the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zürich.

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May 26, 2020

Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazi Manifesto Siege Re-Emerges For Sale On Lulu Despite Previous Removal for TOS Violation

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, three separate uploads of James Mason’s neo-Nazi manifesto...

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May 25, 2020

CEP-GLOBSEC Webinar: "How To Map The Muslim Brotherhood’s Presence In An Uncharted Region?"

On May 25, 2020, The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and Bratislava, Slovakia-based think tank GLOBSEC hosted a webinar discussion, launching the first report on mapping Muslim Brotherhood activities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

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May 25, 2020

"Josh Lipowsky, of the US-based Counter Extremism Project, said: 'Isis views the global pandemic as an opportunity to weaken its enemies.'"

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May 25, 2020

"Josh Lipowsky, of the US-based Counter Extremism Project, said: 'Isis views the global pandemic as an opportunity to weaken its enemies.'"

Press Release

May 21, 2020

Tech & Terrorism: Tech’s Activist Role In Content Moderation Undermines Industry Arguments For Section 230 Protections

Technology giants like Facebook, Twitter, and Google/YouTube have long maintained that they are merely neutral platforms and cannot be held responsible for what users choose to post and share on their sites. Section 230 of the Communications Decency...

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May 20, 2020

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses what the FBI found on wo iPhones that belonged to the Saudi pilot who killed three service members and wounded eight other people at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in a terror attack in December...

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May 20, 2020

CEP Senior Researcher Josh Lipowsky quoted: "ISIS views the global pandemic as an opportunity to weaken its enemies further. Governments are trying to maintain their focus on international security issues at the same time they are addressing a global...

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May 20, 2020

"Over 1.1 billion dirhams ($300 million) in donations to ISIS could be hidden in cryptocurrency, according to think tank The Counter Extremism Project."