YouTube Removes Neo-Nazi Content After CEP Releases Online Findings

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement today after Google-owned YouTube removed extremist content from the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division from its platform. The removal came only after CEP released findings on January 23 showing...

CEP Senior Advisor Lucinda Creighton on WTOP

On January 23, 2019, senior adviser to the CEP Lucinda Creighton spoke on WTOP's The Hunt with J.J. Green. Creighton said complacency, online radicalization and tech companies are a big part of the problem.

“Five Americans were recently killed in terror attacks in Syria and Kenya. Senior Advisor to the Counter Extremism Project Lucinda Creighton says complacency, online radicalization, and tech companies are a big part of the problem.”

CEP Profiles Extremism and Counter-Extremism in 59 Countries on Updated World Map

CEP today published reports on Chile, Peru, and Senegal, bringing to 59 the number of countries profiled on CEP’s interactive map. Each report includes descriptions of extremist and terrorist group incidents, radicalization and foreign fighters, and...

Extremist Content Online: Atomwaffen Division Reuploads Itself Onto YouTube

CEP has identified a channel on YouTube belonging to the Atomwaffen Division (AWD), a neo-Nazi group that advocates for a violent “white revolution.” The video platform had removed AWD’s official channel last March due to “multiple or severe...

Extremism Spotlight: Yusuf al-Qaradawi Benefits From Legitimization Through Social Media

Seven years ago, notorious AQAP propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in a U.S. drone strike; but even in his death, his works and lectures continue to live on in the Internet. However, after years of advocacy from CEP, in November 2017, Awlaki ’s...

CEP Statement: YouTube’s Delayed Revised Guidelines Addressing Dangerous Pranks, While Virtually Ignoring Extremist Content

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement in response to Google-owned YouTube’s delayed decision to crack down on dangerous, viral challenges and pranks, while allowing numerous examples of extremist content to remain on its platform...

Brown Bears Fall for Honeypot: Left-Wing Activists Trick Neo-Nazis into Coming Out

“Denounce your work colleagues, neighbors or acquaintances today and collect instant cash. Help us to remove these problem Germans from the economy and public office.” With these provocative words, the German left-wing activist art collective Center...

“According to a new Counter Extremism Project (CEP) report, far-right groups are using Islamist techniques to recruit new followers. David Ibsen, CEP’s executive director, says: '[The far-right] Portraying themselves in this way is definitely a...

Meeting Focuses on Legislation to Prevent Extremist Content Online

CEP organized a high-level meeting on January 15 in Strasbourg, France, with Commissioner for the Security Union Sir Julian King and Members of the European Parliament to discuss the pending legislative initiative designed to prevent the...