The Hill: What ISIS is up to during your summer vacation

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During a recent three-month period, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) conducted a limited study to determine how ISIS content is being uploaded to YouTube, how long it is staying online, and how many views these videos receive. CEP’s study reveals that YouTube is failing to adequately control the prevalence of extremist content on its platform and that its pledge to act against repeated violations of YouTube’s customer terms of service is simply not being enforced. Further, CEP's social media sleuths stated in a press release on Friday that "as the commercial and private use of cloud storage grows, extremists are expanding past traditional social media channels and utilizing sites like Dropbox, UStream, Amazon Cloud Services, Microsoft One Drive and OwnCloud to share and stream content.

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August 11, 2018
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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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