Press Releases

CONTACT: media@counterextremism.com

Press Release

October 16, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: Atomwaffen Division Video Reuploaded To YouTube After Removal

YouTube is unable or unwilling to keep known extreme neo-Nazi propaganda off their website. An Atomwaffen Division ( AWD ) propaganda video clip has been reuploaded to YouTube, most likely by the original uploader . In both cases, the account has...

Press Release

October 14, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Twitch Streamed German Synagogue Shooting Proliferating on Telegram

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week’s edition finds the Yom Kippur synagogue shooting in Halle, Germany that was livestreamed on...

Press Release

October 11, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: Content Removal Policies Must be Applied Consistently Across all Types of Extremism

Facebook recently made modifications to its Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy, in an attempt to limit extremism on its platform. Amongst other changes, the company updated its definition of terrorist organizations from “acts of violence...

Press Release

October 8, 2019

Iranian-Aligned Militias Contribute to Iraq’s Instability

A renewed spotlight has been placed on the power and influence of Iran-aligned militias in Iraq. Known as the Popular Mobilization Forces ( PMFs ), these predominantly Shiite, anti-American, and anti-Sunni extremists have created issues for Iraqi...

Press Release

October 7, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Atomwaffen Division Reappears on YouTube

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week’s edition finds that the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division has released a new video and...

Press Release

October 3, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: Tech Companies Fail to Curb Online Abuses

Child exploitation content on the Internet has dramatically increased, and current efforts to prevent and remove it by tech companies and law enforcement are not enough. In a recent New York Times article , Counter Extremism Project ( CEP ) Senior...

Press Release

October 1, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazi James Mason Disingenuously Attempts To Distance Himself From Previous Calls for Violence

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, neo-Nazi James Mason spoke out against mass shootings in a podcast, but his remarks...

Press Release

September 24, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Releases Second Video in 2019

On September 16, 2019, ISIS’s al Furqan Media Foundation released an address by the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi . Titled “And Say, Act,” the speech was widely released on Telegram and various audio, video, and file sharing platforms...

Press Release

September 24, 2019

Guns and Glory: Criminality, Imprisonment, and Jihadist Extremism in Europe

Terrorist groups are recruiting and radicalising criminals in an effort to carry out attacks on European soil. A new joint study by the Counter Extremism Project ( CEP ) and the European Policy Centre ( EPC ), Guns and Glory: Criminality...

Press Release

September 23, 2019

ICYMI: Central Eastern Europeans and their Lack of Pathways to Global Jihad

On Friday, September 20, the Counter Extremism Project ( CEP ) and Bratislava-based think tank GLOBSEC released its newest collaborative report, (Few) Jihadis Without Jihad? Central Eastern Europeans And Their Lack Of Pathways To Global Jihad . The...

Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On January 23, 2019, two car bombs exploded outside of a mosque in Benghazi, Libya, killing 41 people and injuring 80 others. No group claimed responsibility for the blast, but remnants suggested an ISIS affiliate was responsible.  

View Archive