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August 29, 2018

More Iranians are paying big money to buy passports in neighboring countries through bribery or fraudulent information, in a bid to evade U.S. sanctions and the Trump administration's travel ban on Iran and six other nations, multiple sources have...

CounterPoint Blog

Lessons in Deradicalization

In July 2016, British authorities sentenced radical Islamic cleric and propagandist Anjem Choudary to more than five years in prison for a series of pro-ISIS speeches he posted to YouTube. Now halfway through his sentence, Choudary is one of more...

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August 26, 2018

Islamic State has lost most of the territory it once held in Syria and Iraq. It is vying for survival with other, sometimes stronger, extremist groups. But one sphere where Islamic State still reigns supreme among terrorists is in cyberspace. In a...

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August 25, 2018

The Nordic Resistance Movement, or NMR, is a neo-Nazi organisation originally founded in Sweden that is openly anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant and anti-gay. Their goal is to create an ethnically pure pan-Nordic nation, according to the group’s website...

Press Release

August 24, 2018

ISIS Leverages Unconventional Methods to Maintain Online Presence

On August 22, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released a new audio message titled “Give Glad Tidings To The Patient” – a reference to Quran 2:155 referring to the testing of the faithful. The recording was released via ISIS’s most authoritative...

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August 23, 2018

Zuckerberg’s 99% Myth Exposed: European Union Begins Regulatory Crackdown on Tech Companies

European Union officials formally announced a crackdown on tech companies this week deciding to abandon its voluntary policies in favor of stronger regulation. Speaking to the Financial Times regarding the removal of extremist content online...

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August 22, 2018

ICYMI: Is PasteThis.At A Pro-ISIS Website?

The nature of extremists’ ongoing misuse of the Internet continues to evolve. From social media platforms to encrypted messaging channels to dedicated websites, extremists—in particular ISIS—have adapted all types of sites and online services to...

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August 22, 2018

CEP Advisory Board Member Senator Joe Lieberman on Fox Business

CEP Advisory Board Member and former Senator Joseph Lieberman discusses coordinated attacks on social media and companies' responsibility to control what's going on on their platforms.

Press Release

August 22, 2018

CEP Analysis Finds YouTube Users 4x More Likely to Find Extremist Content Than Counter-Narrative Material

Extremist propaganda—including violent videos—is still readily accessible on Google-owned YouTube, far exceeding counter-narrative content and undermining company claims about its efforts to combat online extremism, CEP concluded in its updated...

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August 21, 2018

In Case You Missed It

CEP's study on YouTube's failure to remove extremist content was featured in a Washington Post story on August 19. "A study released last month by the Counter Extremism Project, a New York-based nonprofit, found that a quarter of Islamic State videos...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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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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