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  • CEP Policy Paper: NetzDG 2.0 - Recommendations for the amendment of the German Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG)

    In February 2020, CEP tested the extent to which YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram blocked illegal content. The study found that the “notice and take down” procedure—the basis of the German Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG)—is not sufficient to reduce illegal content online.
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  • CEP Study: Terrorism Financing and Social Media Platforms

    In January and March 2020, CEP conducted a study to evaluate the current defense mechanisms of large social media platforms against the misuse of their services by financiers of international terrorism or for the financing of terrorism.
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  • Cryptocurrencies as Threats to Public Security and Counter Terrorism: Risk Analysis and Regulatory Challenges

    The rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies poses new challenges for the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT). There is a growing risk that terrorist financiers may evade state surveillance and tap into new sources of funding.
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  • Cryptocurrencies as Threats to Public Security and Counter Terrorism: Risk Analysis and Regulatory Challenges (German)

    (German Version) The rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies poses new challenges for the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT). There is a growing risk that terrorist financiers may evade state surveillance and tap into new sources of funding.
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  • European Ethno-Nationalist and White Supremacy Groups

    This CEP resource outlines the history, propaganda, violent activities, and notable rhetoric of some of the continent's most active ethno-nationalist and white supremacist groups. Continue Reading

  • Extremist Foreign Fighters in Ukraine

    The study focuses on the motivations of western foreign fighters from the extreme right-wing milieu. It also assesses to what extent these individuals pose a security threat.
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  • Terrorismusfinanzierung und soziale Medien

    Der Missbrauch von sozialen Medien und anderen Dienstleistungen im Internet wird spätestens seit dem Erstarken des Islamischen Staates (IS) ab 2014 regelmäßig sowohl in den Medien als auch in Fachliteratur diskutiert. 

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  • Terrorist Content Online - How to build comprehensible transparency for automated decisionmaking systems (ADM)

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  • Terroristische Inhalte Online – Grundlagen für nachvollziehbare Transparenz beim Einsatz automatisierter Entscheidungssysteme (ADM-Systeme) auf Social Media-Plattformen

    Um die Rechte der Nutzer*innen in Sozialen Medien wirklich schützen zu können, muss zunächst nachvollziehbare Transparenz über die angewandten Moderations- und Filtersysteme gegeben sein.

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  • The Muslim Brotherhood’s Influence on Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Iran

    As the progenitor of the modern Islamist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood has had a profound influence on the belief system that fuels al-Qaeda and ISIS. These groups share ideological underpinnings based on the writings of the late Brotherhood ideologue Sayyid Qutb.
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  • Qutbism

    Qutbism is an Islamist ideology that advocates violent jihad to establish governance according to sharia. It is believed to be the foundational ideology of today’s most dangerous violent Islamist groups, including al-Qaeda and ISIS.
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  • Summary of the International Conference on Terrorism: Threats and Challenges

    The international conference on terrorism, "What threats and challenges after the fall of the Caliphate?" was held at the Ecole militaire on November 7, 2019. It brought together various officials, practitioners and experts from France and beyond.
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