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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CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement on the one-year anniversary of the ISIS-inspired truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany, that read in part: "Since ISIS spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani implored followers to kill...
CounterPoint Blog
ISIS’s media arm is struggling to find a way to report on the group’s recent military encounters, specifically its humiliating losses to the Syrian and Iraqi armies in Abu Kamal and al-Qaim, respectively. This problem is clearly reflected by ISIS’s...
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CEP Spokesperson and Senior Policy Advisor Tara Maller discusses attempted terror attack at New York City's Port Authority and extremist content online.
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CEP Advisory Board Member and former Head of Counter-Terrorism in the UK's Foreign Office, Sir Ivor Roberts discusses intelligence report that MI5 should improve data sharing.
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Former Polish defence & foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski responds to British foreign secretary Boris Johnson's speech on the fight against terrorism.
Press Release
CEP released a statement in response to an attempted terrorist attack near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City during the morning's rush hour that read in part: “This morning’s attempted terror attack reminds us of the influence that...
News
ISIS cyber-hacker Junaid Hussain has left behind a legacy of hate that spans the globe and continues to haunt the online world after his death. David Ibsen, director of the Counter Extremism Project, a US-based group combating terrorism and...
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The world's most popular blogging platform has come under fire for continuing to host banned neo-Nazi group Scottish Dawn.Despite being put on a list of forbidden organisations, after being revealed as an alias of the far-right National Action...
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The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), an international not-for-profit group, said it was “deeply troubling” that WordPress, owned by San Francisco-based Automattic, continued to provide an online platform for the group. David Ibsen, executive director...
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Internet groups such as Facebook, Google’s YouTube and Twitter need to do more to stem the proliferation of extremist content on their platforms, the European Commission said after a meeting on Wednesday. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a non...
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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