Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Group Returns to YouTube

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms. This week, CEP identified an ISIS video from War and Media Agency on YouTube. Additionally, the terror group released several videos from Tunisia...

"This is one reason why there’s been some success in keeping extreme content like ISIS-related pro-terrorism posts and child pornography off the big platforms—the tech companies operate a shared database of flagged terrorist content, and can in many...

Tech & Terrorism: In Piecemeal Approach, WordPress Removes Neo-Nazi Website

This month, CEP identified a new WordPress website for a militant neo-Nazi survivalist network known as The Base, which has advocated for acts of terrorism against critical U.S. infrastructure and promoted violence against Jews and minorities. The...

Extremist Content Online: ISIS & Allies Recruit, Fundraise Online

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 details the emergence of a new ISIS video from its self-proclaimed state in Turkey...

In Policy Reversal, YouTube Removes Audiobook Copies of Siege, The Turner Diaries

Copies of Audiobook uploads of the neo-Nazi manifesto Siege and The Turner Diaries , a so-called “ Handbook for White Victory ” for white nationalists, seem to have been taken down by YouTube. The apparent removal of these videos represents a policy...

"The Council of Conservative Citizens site is just one of the 391 websites we ran through web-based tools to determine which tech companies are providing services to groups like it. We reached out to a handful of non-profit organizations that work to...

"Mastodon was launched as a decentralized, social justice friendly Twitter alternative that was free of Nazis and harassment. But two years later, the biggest Mastodon instance is now Gab, a far-right social media network known widely as a gathering...

"Now and over the coming five years, prison time for a deluge of extremists is coming to an end. Unlike other countries, 'the United States has neither established a formal rehabilitation and re-entry programme for convicted terrorists nor developed...

"On Tuesday, Iran threatened the United States, warning that it would destroy American military bases and aircraft carriers 'if they make a mistake.' As The Counter Extremism Project has noted: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is tasked...

“Pastor Steven Anderson uses his pulpit as his hate platform and justifies his extremist views in the name of religion. Banned from half a dozen countries across the globe, the US-born hate preacher has lauded the 2016 Orlando massacre, publicly...