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February 11, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazis Continue Recruiting

CEP reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Today’s edition details the creation of the new neo-Nazi group Feuerkrieg Division, a post calling for...

Press Release

February 7, 2019

ICYMI: CEP Spotlight On Siege Manifesto Elicits YouTube Response

CEP spotlighted Google-owned YouTube’s blind eye toward the neo-Nazi manifesto Siege’s proliferation on its platform. Even though it is well known to inspire two active neo-Nazi groups, the Atomwaffen Division and the Sonnenkrieg Division, one can...

Press Release

February 5, 2019

CEP Challenges Mark Zuckerberg To Discuss Tech Issues With Top American & European Experts

CEP today extended an invitation to Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to join top American and European experts for a public conversation about the threat posed by extremist content that proliferates on Facebook. This invitation follows...

Press Release

February 5, 2019

Extremism Spotlight: Radical Islamist Preacher Ahmad Musa Jibril Circumvents Terms of Services

CEP is spotlighting Ahmad Musa Jibril , a Michigan-based Salafist preacher known for his support of violence and role in radicalizing one of the 2017 ISIS London Bridge attackers. In his online lectures, Jibril is careful to not specifically call for...

Press Release

February 4, 2019

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Utilizes Dark Web to Remain Online

CEP reports weekly on methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms. Featured in this edition, CEP researchers located a site on the dark web for the pro-ISIS Electronic Horizon Foundation, also known as Horizon...

Press Release

February 4, 2019

Extremism Spotlight: Convicted Terrorist Abdullah al-Faisal Maintains Online Reach

CEP is spotlighting ISIS propagandist Abdullah al-Faisal , classified by the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center as a “violent extremist ideologue” and by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist who foments...

Press Release

January 29, 2019

Nick Clegg Sets Out Collaborative Vision for Facebook Content Regulation

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen said the following in response to Facebook Executive Nick Clegg 's speech in Brussels. " Until Facebook starts to engage seriously with all of those concerned about extremism, as well as releasing the data needed to...

Press Release

January 28, 2019

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Uploads Propaganda to Over Two Dozen Websites

On January 23, ISIS released a new video from the group’s self-proclaimed province in Somalia. Titled “Men Who Have Been True,” it commemorates extremist fighters killed in Somalia and includes footage of a man identified as a Canadian, Dr. Youssef...

Press Release

January 28, 2019

Extremism Spotlight: Neo-Nazi Book Siege Lives on Through the Internet

Previously, CEP highlighted the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division’s presence on YouTube . After months on the site, within 24 hours of CEP’s release, the content was taken down. Now, CEP is spotlighting Siege , a book written by American neo-Nazi...

Press Release

January 25, 2019

YouTube Removes Neo-Nazi Content After CEP Releases Online Findings

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement today after Google-owned YouTube removed extremist content from the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division from its platform. The removal came only after CEP released findings on January 23 showing...

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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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