(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located a pro-ISIS account on TikTok that posted instructions for making explosives and advice for committing attacks with knives. The account used a profile photo from an ISIS video released in 2019. Content posted by the account received thousands of views in some cases.
CEP also located a pro-ISIS Telegram bot that shared posts encouraging acts of lone-actor terrorism and shared bomb-making information. The bot was connected to two accounts on TikTok and one on Instagram. Two recently released Amaq news videos were found on several websites and platforms, including Telegram, Element, SimpleX, RocketChat, the Internet Archive, Instagram, and a pro-ISIS website.
On Telegram, CEP researchers located a propaganda channel for a Spanish cell of the neo-Nazi accelerationist group The Base, which was listed by the European Union as a terrorist organization in July 2024. A new neo-Nazi online library was unveiled on April 20 that used Cloudflare as its nameserver and NameSilo as its registrar. On April 15, an Oklahoma chapter of the white supremacist Active Club movement posted that their members had participated in a local mixed martial arts (MMA) competition. On April 21, a Midwest Active Club chapter posted photos from a recent hiking event and land navigation workshop with a Missouri militia.
Account Spreading ISIS Bomb-Making Information Found on TikTok
On April 24, CEP researchers located a pro-ISIS account on TikTok that posted several bomb-making guides. Six videos were posted from February 11 to April 22, 2025. One post, which contained a manual created by the pro-ISIS Al-Saqri Foundation for synthesizing homemade explosives, received over 10,000 views on TikTok in the ten days it was on the platform. Another post of Al-Saqri Foundation content contained information on making cylindrical explosive charges and received over 17,000 views in nine days. Other posts encouraged acts of violence, including a February 13 post with over 2,100 views that included advice for committing knife attacks. The account, which used a profile photo of an ISIS member from a video released by the terrorist organization in 2019, had 1,289 followers when it was located on April 24. CEP reported the account to TikTok on April 24. As of April 28, the account was still online and had 67 new followers.
Pro-ISIS TikTok account that posted Al-Saqri Foundation bomb-making instructions. Screenshot taken on April 24.
Pro-ISIS Telegram Bot Sharing Explosives Information Reported to Telegram, Linked to TikTok Accounts
On April 24, CEP researchers reported a bot to Telegram that encouraged acts of terrorism and shared bomb-making information. The bot, forwarding information from a private channel, included guides created by the pro-ISIS online group Al-Saqri Foundation for the homemade preparation of incendiary devices and explosives. Additional posts made on April 24 encouraged committing acts of violence, displaying photos of ISIS-inspired attackers and quoting former ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, stating that ISIS supporters should kill Europeans or Americans, using whatever means were available. CEP reported the bot to Telegram on April 24. The bot was removed within 24 hours.
Additionally, CEP located two TikTok accounts and an Instagram account with no posts connected to the Telegram bot. One of the TikTok accounts, with 274 followers, contained a link to a Telegram account affiliated with the bot. The other TikTok account, which had 212 followers, included instructions for accessing archived bot content. The Instagram account connected to the bot had 162 followers but had not posted any content. CEP reported the three accounts to their respective platforms on April 24. As of April 28, all three accounts were still online.
An additional account connected to the bot was also located on an encrypted messaging platform.
Pro-ISIS explosives manual shared on April 23 by a Telegram bot that encouraged acts of terrorism. Screenshot taken on April 24.
ISIS Amaq Videos Located on Several Platforms
CEP researchers located two videos from ISIS’s Amaq news agency, released on April 20 and 23, showing a recent attack on an army barracks in Borno state, Nigeria, and a roadside bombing targeting a military vehicle in Puntland, Somalia. The video from Nigeria was located on Telegram, Element, SimpleX, RocketChat, the Internet Archive, and a pro-ISIS website, while the Somalia attack video was found on Telegram, Element, SimpleX, RocketChat, the Internet Archive, a pro-ISIS website, and on Instagram. The Internet Archive made the videos inaccessible on their website after CEP reported them.
An Instagram “stories” video posted on April 23, consisting of an ISIS Amaq video showing a roadside attack on a military vehicle in Puntland, Somalia. Screenshot taken on April 24.
Neo-Nazi Accelerationist Group The Base Creates Telegram Channel for Spanish Cell
CEP researchers located a Telegram channel for a Spain-based cell of the neo-Nazi accelerationist group The Base. Created on April 1, the channel called for recruits to join by emailing a mail.ru address or contacting the group on the Russian social media platform VK. In addition to the recruitment message and initial photos, a post stated the need for an “active, organized, and operational resistance group,” claiming that “any action that advances our goals and subverts our opponents is welcome.” Additional posts condemned extreme-right groups that mainly participate in propaganda or protest activities, contrasting it with the need for the creation of militant cells to create all white separatist mountainous strongholds. Other posts invoked the great replacement conspiracy theory, shared posts from The Base’s efforts to fight the Ukrainian government, and included photos of at least two individuals, one of them armed with what appears to be a submachine gun. Content from the Telegram channel was also posted on The Base’s page on VK.
The European Union added The Base to its list of terrorist organizations in July 2024, prohibiting individuals from donating money to the group or for the group to have financial assets in EU member states.
Neo-Nazi Online Library Launched on Hitler’s Birthday
A new neo-Nazi library went online on April 20, Adolf Hitler’s birthday. The site is modeled on an online library affiliated with a now-defunct imageboard, which CEP researchers located in March 2023. That site included the manifestos of white supremacist terrorists, including the Christchurch attacker and the 2011 Norway attacker. That collection of works is still online.
The current library contains over 600 titles, including The Turner Diaries, Siege, Holocaust denial literature, books affiliated with the neo-fascist Iron March forum, survival manuals, and titles related to the Third Reich. Users have the option of reading books online or downloading them.
The website included a wallet address to donate the privacy cryptocurrency Monero. The website, on the .org domain, uses Cloudflare as its nameserver and NameSilo as its registrar.
Siege, Siege Pocket Edition both by James Mason, and Siege Culture, a collection of online posts on the Iron March forum by Alexander Slavros, on the web library site. Screenshot taken on April 24.
Oklahoma Active Club Claims Members Participated in Local Mixed Martial Arts Match
In a post from April 15, an Oklahoma chapter of the white supremacist Active Club movement posted that their members had participated in a local “Xtreme Fight Night” event. The chapter did not name which fighters were affiliated with the group but noted that competing in public events was important. Robert Rundo, the founder of the Active Club movement, noted the possibility of recruiting at MMA and boxing events in a blog post in February 2022.
Active Club Chapter Participated in Land Navigation with Militia Group
On April 21, a Midwest chapter of the white supremacist Active Club movement posted photos from a recent hiking event and land navigation workshop hosted by a Missouri militia group. A Telegram channel affiliated with the militia group shared content from two Active Club chapters, and an affiliated chat included neo-Nazi and antisemitic content. Posts from the militia included statements that the U.S. was under “hostile occupation” and endorsed an author of racist accelerationist books.