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December 19, 2017

Vehicle Attacks in Berlin, U.K., Spain, and U.S. Encouraged by ISIS Propaganda

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 Struggling Media Strategy

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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December 11, 2017

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller on Fox News

CEP Spokesperson and Senior Policy Advisor Tara Maller discusses attempted terror attack at New York City's Port Authority and extremist content online.

Videos

December 11, 2017

Sir Ivor Roberts on Sky News

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.

Videos

December 11, 2017

Radoslaw Sikorski interview on Sky News

Former Polish defence & foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski responds to British foreign secretary Boris Johnson's speech on the fight against terrorism.

Press Release

December 11, 2017

ISIS-Inspired Terrorist Explodes Bomb in New York City Subway Passage

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

December 10, 2017

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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December 8, 2017

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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December 7, 2017

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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December 6, 2017

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...

Daily Dose

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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