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January 23, 2019

CEP Profiles Extremism and Counter-Extremism in 59 Countries on Updated World Map

CEP today published reports on Chile, Peru, and Senegal, bringing to 59 the number of countries profiled on CEP’s interactive map. Each report includes descriptions of extremist and terrorist group incidents, radicalization and foreign fighters, and...

Press Release

January 23, 2019

Extremist Content Online: Atomwaffen Division Reuploads Itself Onto YouTube

CEP has identified a channel on YouTube belonging to the Atomwaffen Division (AWD), a neo-Nazi group that advocates for a violent “white revolution.” The video platform had removed AWD’s official channel last March due to “multiple or severe...

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January 18, 2019

Extremism Spotlight: Yusuf al-Qaradawi Benefits From Legitimization Through Social Media

Seven years ago, notorious AQAP propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in a U.S. drone strike; but even in his death, his works and lectures continue to live on in the Internet. However, after years of advocacy from CEP, in November 2017, Awlaki ’s...

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January 17, 2019

CEP Statement: YouTube’s Delayed Revised Guidelines Addressing Dangerous Pranks, While Virtually Ignoring Extremist Content

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement in response to Google-owned YouTube’s delayed decision to crack down on dangerous, viral challenges and pranks, while allowing numerous examples of extremist content to remain on its platform...

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January 16, 2019

Meeting Focuses on Legislation to Prevent Extremist Content Online

CEP organized a high-level meeting on January 15 in Strasbourg, France, with Commissioner for the Security Union Sir Julian King and Members of the European Parliament to discuss the pending legislative initiative designed to prevent the...

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January 7, 2019

Arrest May Shed Light on Charlie Hebdo, Supermarket Killings

The arrest of Peter Cherif, one of Frances most-wanted terrorist suspects, may shed light on the planning of the deadly attacks at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and at a kosher supermarket four years ago. Cherif, a member of al-Qaeda in the...

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December 12, 2018

ICYMI: CEP Report on the European Far-Right Reveals Some Groups Eschew Violence to Broaden Appeal

More than 70 years after the defeat of Nazi Germany, ethno-nationalist and white supremacist movements in Europe continue to thrive. They include far-right political parties, neo-Nazi movements, and apolitical protest groups. In its new report...

Press Release

December 11, 2018

CEP Statement on Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s Testimony Before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee

CEP Executive Director David Ibsen released a statement regarding the testimony of Google CEO Sundar Pichai before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee today that read in part: “What we heard today was more of the same. More misdirection. More excuses...

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December 6, 2018

New Report Details Pending Crisis Regarding the Rehabilitation of America’s Convicted Islamists

The United States is facing a pending, pressing counterterrorism challenge as dozens of individuals with terrorism-related convictions are set to be released from prison, Parallel Networks Co-Founders Mitch Silber and Jesse Morton found in their...

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December 3, 2018

Extremist Content Piles up on YouTube; Platform Struggles to Keep Pace

YouTube is not effectively curbing extremist content, according to various experts and policymakers interviewed by NPR ’s Tim Mak last week. YouTube’s algorithms are designed to keep viewers hooked and suggest progressively more extreme videos to...

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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.  

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