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"Despite those credentials, GiveSendGo, a site that promotes itself as the “'#1 Free Christian Fundraising Site', has yet to boot Pohlhaus from their platform. GiveSendGo was notified at least twice last year about the avowed neo-Nazi and his affiliations to the violent far-right. In September, an analyst at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a non-profit terrorism watchdog, contacted GiveSendGo to say Pohlhaus was using it as a platform for making money and establishing a white nationalist community." 

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March 23, 2023
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CEP Senior Alexander Ritzmann writes: "This article assesses the alleged plot by the Reichsbürger group called Patriotic Union to overthrow the German government that was thwarted in December 2022. The article first outlines what is known about the plot. It then in turn examines the history, the ideology, the adherents, and the threat posed by the Reichsbürger."

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March 23, 2023
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CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy writes: "Even considering the usual moral squalor of jihadist violence, Merah’s spree stands out for its depravity. Yet, for some reason, he is still widely revered. Nicole Yardeni, a deputy mayor in the city, tells me that his name is sometimes viewed positively even outside of jihadist circles, as “a symbol of rebellion” against society. After all, Merah is the man “who brought France to its knees”, as one local youth reminded the mother of his first victim. Even at the time of the police manhunt and siege, Facebook posts and pages honouring the gunman attracted thousands of likes, while police prevented people from laying flowers at his apartment. (It goes without saying that the overwhelming majority, Muslim and non-Muslim, were horrified."

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March 20, 2023
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"Sir Ivor Roberts, senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, said it 'beggars belief' they are on YouTube 12 years on.

He added: 'It’s sickening to think such material can be easily accessed by children and vulnerable adults — and essentially act as recruiting videos, glamourising and justifying a violent neo-Nazi cause.

'The laws requiring wealthy social media giants to prevent such harmful material from being broadcast are simply not robust enough.'"

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March 19, 2023
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"YouTube says it does not allow hate speech under its terms of service and removes any content that incites violence or hatred. But a joint investigation by this newspaper and the Counter Extremism Project found videos contravening this policy have been online for up to two years."

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March 18, 2023
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "We know a depressing amount of information about terrorists who have managed to evade detection and carry out atrocities in this country, mainly through public inquiries and inquests. But what about those who have failed in their crimes? What are we doing with them and why does it matter?"

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March 17, 2023
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"Jedním z hlavních motivů tisíců mužů a žen z celého světa, kteří jezdí od loňského února pomoci bránit Ukrajinu, je pomoc slabšímu v nerovném boji. „V této válce jsme my Tálibán,“ slyšel opakovaně ve svých rozhovorech s cizinci bojujícími v řadách ukrajinských jednotek polský vědec Kacper Rekawek odkaz mnoha veteránů afghánské války."

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March 17, 2023
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"The non-profit Counter-Extremism Project noted in a March analysis note that the number of attacks carried out by ISIS-K appeared to drop earlier in the year, as did its propaganda initiatives to build international cache for its organization. The project attributes the drop to weather conditions as Afghanistan experiences the coldest winter in 15 years, as well as some successful Taliban operations to target and contain the group."

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March 16, 2023
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CEP non-resident fellow Kacper Rekawek quoted: "'Het nieuwe Azov', zo noemt Kacper Rekawek de 3deAanvalsbrigade dan ook. Rekawek is een Poolsewetenschapper die van geen greintje sympathie voorRusland kan worden verdacht. Hij is een autoriteit op vlakvan extremisme en liet zich zeker niet door Moskou leidenbij het schrijven van zijn recentste rapport. Daarin vermeldthij dat er ook moslims en een Afro-Amerikaan bij dat nieuweAzov strijden — en die brigade dus maar moeilijk integraalals extreemrechts bestempeld kan worden. Maar hij ziet ooktekenen dat de leiding die nog steeds probeert te gebruikenvoor ideologisch gewin."

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March 16, 2023
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"Un estudio del Proyecto Contra el Extremismo (CEP), organización con sede en Oslo, analiza el papel del grupo de voluntarios desplazados hasta a Kiev desde países de todo el mundo, incluido España, para defender la nación de Volodímir Zelenski frente a la agresión rusa."

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March 16, 2023
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