DGAP-CEP Event: The Possibilities and Limitations of the EU’s Digital Services Act | Anke Schlieker

The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) and the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) hosted a hybrid panel discussion on December 13, 2022: “Fighting Extremism and Terrorism on Social Media Platforms: The Possibilities and Limitations of the EU’s...

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Facebook Accounts Share Propaganda And Reupload Footage From 2016 Video

The Counter Extremism Project (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, CEP researchers located 10 pro-ISIS accounts on Facebook...

ICYMI: CEP Senior Director Explains Group Plotting German Coup

Following the arrest of 25 suspected members of the far-right Reichsbürger (“Citizens of the Reich”) movement by German police on December 7, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler gave background on how the group...

Extremist Content Online: Telegram Edition

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to spread propaganda, recruit followers, and incite violence on popular social media platforms in order to hold companies accountable for failures to prevent the...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on CBC's Canada Tonight

On December 7, 2022, CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler appeared on CBC's Canada Tonight for this story: "German police arrest suspected far-right extremists in plot to overthrow parliament"

New Strategies, Ongoing Crisis: Comprehensive Approaches in Defeating al-Shabaab

Al-Shabaab—al-Qaeda’s largest, wealthiest, and most kinetically active cell—has posed a critical threat to Somalia’s security since the group’s establishment in late 2006. The group’s insurgency in Somalia and high-profile attacks against neighboring...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "This was a fairly serious attempt of a group of individuals to organize nothing less than a coup d'etat in Germany."

CEP Research Analyst Gregory Waters writes: "Damascus has adopted many strategies during its decade-long war in an attempt to adapt to and overcome serious opposition gains and international interventions. The most ubiquitous of these are the...

Tech & Terrorism: U.S. Senate Report Finds Big Tech Continues To Amplify Extremist Content

After a three-year investigation into the rise of domestic terrorism and the federal government response, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs recently published its report, The Rising Threat of Domestic Extremism: A...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "The primary planning tool was online, chat fora. There were a couple of physical meetings where they tried to recruit members of the police and military forces, but all of the primary...