U.N. Panel Warns of Deteriorating Libyan Security Situation

This week, U.N. experts released a report detailing the deteriorating security situation in Libya. The report states that Libya is not only targeted as “one of the main axes” of ISIS’s future operations, but that the country will continue to be...

Al-Shabab Hotel Attack in Mogadishu Kills Five, Injures 11

In Mogadishu, Somali security forces ended a seven-hour attack at the SYL hotel on December 10 that left three civilians and two soldiers dead and 11 people injured, including two members of Somali security forces. The terror group al-Shabab claimed...

CEP Senior Advisor Lucinda Creighton writes: "Halle. Christchurch. Paris. El Paso. London. We are living in times of global terrorism, unlike any we have known before. This is a terror that thrives through its enduring online presence. A terror that...

CEP Highlights Need for Tougher Measures on Anniversary of Strasbourg Christmas Market Attack

On the anniversary of the 2018 Christmas market attack in Strasbourg, France, the leading expert on prison radicalization and CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson is warning that further action is needed to prevent future terrorist attacks. Five people...

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Moves to Hoop Messenger and TamTam Following Telegram Takedowns

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, ISIS supporters established a presence on the messenger platforms Hoop Messenger and TamTam...

Over 100 Anwar Al-Awlaki Videos Found on YouTube

Report Marks Second Time Awlaki’s Propaganda Re-uploaded to Platform (New York, N.Y.) - On December 5, The Times (London) reported its discovery of over 100 radicalizing extremist videos from notorious al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki on Google...

"The Base is a group that unites white separatists who allegedly wish to carry out acts of violence against the government, Jews, people of color, and the LGBT community.Joshua Fisher-Birch, a research analyst with Counter Extremism Project (CEP), is...

Tech & Terrorism: YouTube’s 60 Minutes Interview Demonstrates Tech’s Continued Double-Talk

Last Sunday, CBS’s 60 Minutes aired an interview with YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki focused in part on how the Google-owned platform polices hate speech, misinformation, conspiracy theories, and other content expressly prohibited by the company’s terms...

"Lectures by an Islamist hate preacher whose teachings helped to radicalise the London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan have been found on YouTube years after experts warned of the dangers they present. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), which aims to...

"Lectures by an Islamist hate preacher who helped radicalise London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan have been found on YouTube years after experts warned they fuel extremism. Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed by a US drone strike in Yemen eight years ago...