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July 17, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: In Piecemeal Approach, WordPress Removes Neo-Nazi Website

This month, CEP identified a new WordPress website for a militant neo-Nazi survivalist network known as The Base, which has advocated for acts of terrorism against critical U.S. infrastructure and promoted violence against Jews and minorities. The...

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July 16, 2019

Extremist Content Online: ISIS & Allies Recruit, Fundraise Online

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 details the emergence of a new ISIS video from its self-proclaimed state in Turkey...

Press Release

July 11, 2019

In Policy Reversal, YouTube Removes Audiobook Copies of Siege, The Turner Diaries

Copies of Audiobook uploads of the neo-Nazi manifesto Siege and The Turner Diaries , a so-called “ Handbook for White Victory ” for white nationalists, seem to have been taken down by YouTube. The apparent removal of these videos represents a policy...

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July 9, 2019

New CEP Reports Detail Muslim Brotherhood History, Activities Across the Middle East and North Africa

CEP today released new reports on the Muslim Brotherhood in 12 countries. The new reports detail the Sunni Islamist movement’s origins, history, violent activities, and government designations in: Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco...

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July 8, 2019

Extremism Spotlight: Siege’s Ties to Extremists

James Mason’s neo-Nazi manifesto, Siege , has since inspired a generation of neo-Nazis since it was first published as a single volume in 1992. The book sparked a violent online subculture called Siege Culture, devoted to Mason’s calls for...

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July 1, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Blood & Honour and Combat 18 Maintain Online Presence

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, CEP details the online presence for neo-Nazi groups Blood & Honour and Combat 18, both...

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June 27, 2019

House Homeland Security Committee Takes Aim at Tech Industry’s Failure to Halt Spread of Online Extremist Content

CEP commended the House Committee on Homeland Security for holding a hearing on social media companies' efforts to counter online terror content and misinformation. The hearing was called in the wake of March’s New Zealand mosque shootings—in which a...

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June 26, 2019

Tech & Terrorism: Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Will be Ripe for Misuse

This month, Facebook announced plans to launch its own cryptocurrency , the Libra, by mid-2020. Already, regulators in both Europe and the United States are expressing concern about its public policy implications . Cryptocurrency , already one of the...

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June 21, 2019

Extremism Spotlight: Abdullah al-Faisal’s Ties to Extremists

Abdullah al-Faisal is a U.S.-designated Islamist propagandist who has recruited for ISIS and facilitated travel to ISIS-held territory. In announcing his indictment, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said Faisal’s lectures, websites, and...

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June 20, 2019

CEP’s Dr. Hany Farid in Finale: “Companies Have to Start Taking More Responsibility for What They’ve Created”

CEP today released the finale of a nine-part video series featuring CEP Senior Adviser Dr. Hany Farid , a professor at the University of California at Berkeley. In the video, titled “ Responsibility ,” Dr. Farid calls on tech companies to take more...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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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.  

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