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August 13, 2020 CEP Staff

Facebook Accounts Hijacked To Spread Pro-ISIS Propaganda

Hackers have hijacked Facebook accounts of prominent individuals to post ISIS propaganda. Australian journalist Julia Baird became the most recent victim this week, when her Facebook profile was compromised by unknown individuals. Baird’s profile was...

June 02, 2020 CEP Staff

Facebook Blocks Measures Aimed At Curbing Presence Of Extremist Groups

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook executives deliberately “weakened or blocked” efforts to address and correct systematic software flaws after discovering its algorithms were facilitating the growth of extremist groups on the...

May 06, 2020 CEP Staff

Extremist Groups Leverage Coronavirus Pandemic Online

Recruitment Propaganda, Calls For Violence Against Minorities Flood Various Platforms On Sunday, the New York Times highlighted increased efforts by white supremacist extremist groups to leverage the COVID-19 pandemic as a means to advance their...

April 03, 2020 CEP Staff

Online Extremists Exploit Coronavirus Pandemic To Incite Violence & Encourage Terrorism

Terror Groups Urge Members Online To Target Health Care Systems & Spread Virus Intentionally As the world continues to grapple with the ongoing pandemic, far-right and Islamic extremist groups are plotting to exploit the health crisis to advance...

April 17, 2019 CEP Staff

Infamous ISIS Bomb-Making Video Located on Several Sites

On April 17, 2019, researchers at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) located the infamous ISIS bomb-making and execution video, “You Must Fight Them O Muwahhid,” on several video streaming and file download websites. The video shows step-by-step...

January 15, 2019 CEP Staff

YouTube Must Remove Remaining Anwar al-Awlaki Content

CEP Reports Findings Regarding Extremist Content Online Every week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) releases a report detailing the way extremists interact online, explaining current trends and how they are misusing the Internet and social media...

August 21, 2018 Joshua Fisher-Birch

Is PasteThis.At a pro-ISIS website?

The nature of extremists’ ongoing misuse of the Internet continues to evolve. From social media platforms to encrypted messaging channels to dedicated websites, extremists—in particular ISIS—have adapted all types of sites and online services to...

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On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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Facebook Accounts Hijacked To Spread Pro-ISIS Propaganda

Facebook Blocks Measures Aimed At Curbing Presence Of Extremist Groups

Extremist Groups Leverage Coronavirus Pandemic Online

Online Extremists Exploit Coronavirus Pandemic To Incite Violence & Encourage Terrorism

Infamous ISIS Bomb-Making Video Located on Several Sites

YouTube Must Remove Remaining Anwar al-Awlaki Content

Is PasteThis.At a pro-ISIS website?

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