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February 26, 2019

Freenom Stops Providing Online Services to Pro-ISIS Website After CEP Conveys Concerns

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen today released a statement commending Netherlands-based Freenom, an online domain name provider, for taking down a pro-ISIS website following CEP’s alerting the company about the site's proliferation of terror...

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February 25, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Telegram Used by ISIS to Spread Propaganda Globally

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’s edition reveals a Telegram channel that called for lone actor terrorist attacks in London...

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February 23, 2019

YouTube Child Exploitation Scandal Shows Once Again That Big Tech Only Acts Following Controversy

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement after Google-owned YouTube was found to be facilitating pedophiles’ ability to connect and share content harmful to children. Since the incident, major companies like Disney, Nestle, Epic Games...

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February 22, 2019

"Earlier this month, EU authorities tightened restrictions on chemical sales in what they said was a bid to stop the returning ISIS jihadists from targeting Europeans with homemade explosives. The proposals, which have still to be signed off by the...

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February 22, 2019

"This is how Hoda Muthana became an ISIS fanatic on Twitter. The 24-year-old 'ISIS bride' — who is currently in Syria begging to be allowed back into the US — ran off to join the terror group in November 2014 after being radicalized through the...

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February 21, 2019

"A BOMB-MAKING video used by the Manchester Arena terrorist is again being shared online, The Sun can reveal. Since the Manchester bombing in May 2017, researchers from the Counter Extremism Project have found the video circulating online 24 separate...

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February 19, 2019

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Videos Continue to be Uploaded to the Internet In 2019

CEP reports on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Today’s edition exposes ISIS videos demonstrating executions, explosives construction and violent propaganda...

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February 16, 2019

"More men and boys from a Somali American community in Minneapolis have joined – or attempted to join – a foreign terrorist organization over the last 12 years than any other jurisdiction in the country. FBI stats show 45 Somalis left to join the...

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February 16, 2019

"Fascist Forge, the newest online breeding ground for neo-Nazi terror cells, has been taken down. The forum was founded in April of 2018 with the explicit goal of creating a networking site for some of the most extreme and violent players in the far...

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February 15, 2019

CEP Statement: WordPress Removes Neo-Nazi Website After CEP Publishes Findings

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released the following statement today after a website from the white supremacist group Feuerkrieg Division (FKD) was taken offline by website management and blogging platform WordPress. The removal comes on the...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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