Resources And Updates From The Counter Extremism Project


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CEP Roundup

Resources And Updates From The Counter Extremism Project

Islamist Extremism

Germany Designates Iran-Backed Hezbollah As A Terrorist Organization In Its
Entirety
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On April 30, Germany <[link removed]>
designatedHezbollah <[link removed]> in its
entirety as a terrorist organization, banning all of its activities in the
country. Simultaneously, the German Interior Ministry ordered raids on four
mosques and organizations suspected of links toHezbollah
<[link removed]>. Germany had previously
designated only Hezbollah’s so-called military wing as a terrorist group,
allowing Hezbollah’s political supporters to freely operate in the country.
Germany <[link removed]> joins the
Netherlands as the only EU member states to recognize the Iran-backed group as
a single entity. The UK also designated Hezbollah in March 2019. As CEP Senior
Researcher Joshua Lipowskywrote
<[link removed]>
in January: “Hezbollah has not hesitated in the past to strike on the European
continent. It is responsible for the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847 traveling
from Athens to Rome. It is implicated in the 2012 Bulgaria bus bombing. A
Cypriot court in 2013 sentenced a Hezbollah operative to prison for planning
attacks on Israeli targets. And supporters continue to wave the terror group’s
flags in European capitals during annual demonstrations for Quds Day, the
anti-Israel rally instituted by the Iranian regime.” Media coverage:Deutsche
Welle.

<[link removed]>London Attack
Again Raises Questions About Abdullah Al-Faisal’s Online Influence
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The terrorist attack in Streatham, London, carried out by Sudesh Amman
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, brought again to the forefront the radicalizing, violent teachings of
Islamist propagandistAbdullah al-Faisal
<[link removed]>. Reports
indicate that Amman possessed copies of Faisal’s sermons prior to the attack,
which are readily available through Faisal’s Authentic Tauheed website. The
website archived more than 700 radical lectures calling for violence against
religious minorities and allowed his followers to communicate in a private
chatroom. Faisal’s teachings have been linked to numerous other acts of terror,
as well as plots to attack U.S. financial institutions and the London Stock
Exchange in 2010. CEP’s report Abdullah al-Faisal’s Ties To Extremists
<[link removed]> examines his global
influence and violent radicalization efforts. CEP documented a total of 52
extremists who have been linked to Faisal. Media coverage:Associated Press
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andLos Angeles Times
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.

U.S. Designates ISIS Leader As Specially Designated Global Terrorist
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On March 24, the U.S. designated
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Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli
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, also known as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi, as a Specially Designated
Global Terrorist. Al-Mawli was appointed the successor toISIS
<[link removed]> caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on
October 31, 2019, following the death of the former leader in a U.S. raid on
October 26. Al-Mawli, is credited with keeping the terror group intact
following Baghdadi’s death. Al-Mawli was previously an officer in Saddam
Hussein’s army and was considered one of the most prominent ISIS members in
Baghdadi’s circle. In 2015, al-Mawli was reportedly among the people that
endorsed the killing and enslavement of thousands of Yazidis in Iraq. Media
coverage:The Week
<[link removed]>, and
The Australian
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.

Ismail Ghaani Appointed New IRGC Quds Force Leader To Replace Soleimani
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Following the death of IRGC
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-Quds Force leaderMajor General Qasem Soleimani
<[link removed]> in a U.S.
airstrike near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020, Iran’s Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei quickly appointedBrigadier General Ismail Ghaani
<[link removed]> as his replacement.
A close aide and confidante to Soleimani, Ghaani served as an intelligence
official and deputy commander to Soleimani for more than 20 years. In 2012, the
U.S. Department of the Treasury listed Ghaani as a Specially Designated
National for his role in overseeing financial disbursements and weapons
shipments to Hezbollah and other IRGC-Quds Force elements. Also killed in the
January 3 airstrike was Jamal Jaafar Ibrahimi, known by his nom de guerreAbu
Mahdi al-Mohandes
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. He was the leader ofKata’ib Hezbollah 
<[link removed]>(KH), an
Iranian-sponsored Shiite militia operating primarily in Iraq.


As Attacks Against U.S. Personnel In Iraq Increase, Sanctions Are Imposed On
Iran-Backed Militias
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Iran-backed militias continue to plan attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq
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U.S. officials
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, as tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalate. The latest series of attacks
followed the targeted U.S. strike against IRGC-QF Commander Qasem
Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes. The U.S. suspects that the near-constant
rockets strikes are linked to KH and IRGC. In an effort to disrupt the
financial networks of the militias, the Trump administration on March 26
designated <[link removed]> a number
of entities providing support to or acting on behalf of KH, the IRGC, andAsaib
Ahl al-Haq <[link removed]> (AAH).


AQAP Claims Florida Naval Base Shooting
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On February 2, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
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(AQAP) claimed responsibility for the December 6 shooting at Naval Air Station
Pensacola by a member of the Royal Saudi Air Force. Second Lieutenant Mohammed
Saeed Al-Shamrani killed three people and injured eight others before he was
killed by responding law enforcement officers. On February 2, AQAP released a
pre-recorded video by their leader,Qasim al-Raymi
<[link removed]>, stating that
Al-Shamrani was in communication with the group. Raymi also called on Muslims
in the U.S. and the U.K. to commit attacks against commerce, politicians, and
members of the armed forces. The White House confirmed on February 6 that Raymi
was killed in a U.S. airstrike.

Iran-Backed Houthis Suspected Of Ballistic Missile Attack At Yemen
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On January 18, 2020, ballistic missiles struck a mosque at the al-Estiqbal
military camp in Marib,Yemen <[link removed]>
, killing at least 116 people. Although there was no immediate claim by the
Houthi <[link removed]> rebels, Yemen’s
government condemned the Iran-backed extremist group for the attack. Two days
later, government forces engaged Houthi rebels east of Marib and killed senior
Houthi commander Jaber Al Muwaed. Iran has historically supported the Houthi
rebels with funding, training, and weapons, with some Yemeni officials
believing Iran’s support has been ongoing since the Houthi uprising in 2004.
The Houthis have also repeatedly attacked Saudi Arabia with missiles and drones
since 2017. In October 2016, the Houthis took direct action against the U.S.
through a series of failed missile attacks against the U.S. Navy presence in
the region.

Al-Shabab Attacks U.S. Military Airbase, Laying Destruction In Somalia & Kenya
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On January 5, 2020, Somali terrorist group al-Shabab
<[link removed]> launched an attack on a
U.S. military airbase inKenya <[link removed]>
, near the country’s border withSomalia
<[link removed]>. The attack at Manda Bay
Airfield killed one U.S. military service member and two American contractors
as well as five of the attackers. This was the first al-Shabab attack against
U.S. forces inside Kenya. On January 7, al-Shabab militants opened fire near
Saretho village in Garissa county, killing four children and wounded three
others. Their target was reportedly a telecommunications mast. On January 8,
al-Shabab militants detonated a bomb at a security checkpoint near the
presidential palace in Mogadishu. The attack killed three and wounded 11
others. Media coverage:Fox News
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Daily Wire
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, andFox News
<[link removed]>.

U.S. Designates Asaib Ahl al-Haq As A Foreign Terrorist Organization
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On January 3, the U.S. Department of State announced it would designate Asaib
Ahl al-Haq <[link removed]> (AAH) as
a foreign terrorist organization along with two of the Iraqi Shiite militia
group’s leaders—Qais al-Khazali
<[link removed]> and Laith
al-Khazali <[link removed]>. AAH
is an Iranian-backed Shiite militia and political party operating primarily in
Iraq, as well as in Syria and Lebanon. Formed in 2006 by Qais al-Khazali, AAH
has between 7,000 and 10,000 members. Prior to the U.S. military’s withdrawal
from Iraq in December 2011, AAH launched more than 6,000 attacks on American
and Iraqi forces. AAH and KH, are the only Iraqi Shiite militia groups to be
designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States. Media
coverage:The Wall Street Journal
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andVoice of America
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.

Ian Acheson: “Terror Cells: How Britain’s Prisons Became Finishing Schools For
Extremists”
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson observes that the U.K. prison system often is
fueling radicalism rather than fighting it: “The quantity of years given to an
extremist is less important than the quality of the incarceration. Of the
82,000-odd prisoners, only about 220 are terrorists, with hundreds more
screened after being deemed at risk of radicalisation. We need to be more
assertive in managing the challenge they pose — from the start of their custody
to their resettlement in the community.”

Resource: Hurras al-Din <[link removed]>
Hurras al-Din (HaD) was formed on February 27, 2018, by a merger of seven
hardline Syrian rebel factions. Ten more rebel factions joined the group in the
months following, all with a history of ideological and leadership ties to
al-Qaeda <[link removed]>. At least half of
the group’s 700-2,500 members are foreigners. Despite its size, HaD claims to
have carried out more than 200 attacks in Syria’s Idlib, Latakia, Hama, and
Aleppo provinces, often in conjunction with other Syrian rebel factions. On
September 10, 2019, the United States listed HaD and its founding leader, Samir
Hijazi, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. U.S. officials believe that,
given enough freedom to plan and prepare, HaD will carry out attacks against
American interests domestically and abroad.

Resource: Kurdistan Workers Party
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Abdullah Öcalan founded the Kurdistan Workers’ Party
<[link removed]> (PKK) in
Turkey <[link removed]> in 1978. While the
PKK’s manifesto “…explicitly called for the creation of an independent Kurdish
state,” the group embraced Marxism to justify its Kurdish-separatist war as
part of a global class struggle and revolution. The PKK also utilizes violence
to destroy or subsume any other Kurdish nationalist movement that opposes it or
deviates from its specific goals. Like many other Kurdish organizations, the
PKK has carried out attacks against the Turkish military and security forces
with the long-term objective of the creation of an autonomous region in Turkey
similar to the Kurdistan Region in Iraq.

Darlene Cayabyab: “Burkina Faso on the Precipice of Chaos”
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CEP Research Analyst Darlene Cayabyab observes that a combination of factors
has led to a deteriorating security situation in Burkina Faso: “In January
2020, the U.N. envoy to West Africa reported that terrorist attacks have
increased fivefold in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger since 2016. In 2019 alone,
there were more than4,000 deaths <[link removed]>
from terrorist attacks, compared to 770 in 2016.”

Far-Right Extremism

Career Break Or New Career? Extremist Foreign Fighters In Ukraine
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CEP published a new report on May 4 that analyzes the profiles of foreign
fighters who joined the conflict in the Ukraine. The report, Career Break or
New Career? Extremist Foreign Fighters in Ukraine
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, examines the motivations of extreme right-wing western foreign fighters,
where they come from, what they are likely to do next, and whether they post a
security threat. The report was authored by Kacper Rekawek, PhD. Dr. Rekawek
interviewed 18 foreign fighters of seven nationalities who took part in the
Ukrainian conflict on either side. He also interviewed Ukrainian experts,
former officials, and journalists who encountered these fighters, as well as
academics, experts, and researchers who follow the extremist right-wing scenes
in Europe.

U.S. Designates The Russian Imperial Movement As A Global Terrorist
Organization
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The U.S. Department of State designated
<[link removed]> the
Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) as a global terrorist organization on April 6.
The RIM has reportedly provided training and resources to white nationalist
groups around the world and seeks to promote the idea of a “mono-ethnic state”
led by a Russian autocratic monarchy. White supremacist groups in theUnited
States <[link removed]> and
Europe <[link removed]>
propagate racism, hatred, and violence. Individuals belonging to these groups
have been charged with a range of crimes, including murder, civil rights
violations, racketeering, solicitation to commit crimes of violence, and
firearms and explosives violations. InRussia
<[link removed]>, RIM runs a paramilitary
training course in St. Petersburg, called Partizan.

Seven Suspected Members Of Neo-Nazi Group The Base Arrested For Charges
Including Criminal Intent To Commit Murder
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Seven suspected members of the neo-Nazi group the Base
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were arrested on January 15, 16, and 17, in Georgia, Maryland, Delaware, and
Wisconsin. The three individuals arrested in Georgia, Luke Austin Lane, Jacob
Oliver Kaderli, and Michael Helterbrand, were charged with criminal attempt to
commit murder and participation in a criminal gang. They are accused of
planning to kill two anti-fascist activists.Reportedly
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, the Base held a training camp in Silver Creek, Georgia, attended by former
Canadian army reservist Patrik Mathews, who was also arrested for entering the
U.S. illegally and was being harbored by the group. Mathews was charged with
being an “alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition.” On Friday, January
17, on a Telegram channel purporting to belong to the Base, the group’s leader,
Roman Wolf (a.k.a. Norman Spear), stated that the arrests were unfair and an
attempt by the government to prevent people from taking action against their
“dispossession and gradual extermination.” Media coverage:Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
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,Associated Press <[link removed]>, NBC
News
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,The Globe and Mail
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,National Post
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,Vice News
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,Thomson-Reuters Foundation <[link removed]>,
Daily Caller
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Vice News
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.

White Supremacists Glorify Timothy McVeigh On 25th Anniversary Of Oklahoma
City Bombing
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White supremacists in April celebrated Timothy McVeigh
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orchestrating what remains the deadliest domestic terrorist attack in U.S.
history—the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in
Oklahoma City. The attack killed 168 people and injured more than 500 others.
McVeigh was convicted of the bombing and executed in 2001. During the
investigation and McVeigh’s trial, it became clear that he was inspired to
attack byThe Turner Diaries
<[link removed]>, a
racist, anti-Semitic novel by white nationalist William Luther Pierce about a
government overthrow and the extermination of non-white races. White
supremacists’ and neo-Nazis’praise
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for McVeigh 25 years later underscores the continued threat posed by this
ideology.


Far-Right Extremists Advocate Violence In Response To Virginia’s Proposed Gun
Control Laws
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CEP researchers on January 8 discovered an extreme right-wing user of a chan
imageboard advocating violence in response to potentialgun control laws
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advancing in the Virginia General Assembly and severalwhite supremacist
<[link removed]> Telegram
channels that blamed Jewish lawmakers for Virginia’s expected firearms
regulation. The channels characterized firearms regulation as a Jewish plot to
disarm the population of Virginia. Some Internet users have compared
consideration of firearms restrictions to the 1978 white supremacist novelThe
Turner Diaries
<[link removed]> by
William Luther Pierce
<[link removed]>, which
begins with government mandated firearms confiscations and escalates into a
race war that results in the genocide of non-white minorities, Jews, and
liberals. Private gun ownership is banned in the U.S. under the novel’s Cohen
Act. The Turner Diaries has directly influenced at least three terror
attacks—in the United States, Norway, and the United Kingdom—resulting in the
deaths of 248 people. Media coverage:New York Times
<[link removed]>, CNN
<[link removed]>
,Chicago Tribune
<[link removed]>
,Fox News
<[link removed]>
,WTOP,
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New York Times
<[link removed]>,
BuzzFeed News
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,International Business Times
<[link removed]>
, andCBS News Richmond.
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Extremists Plot Anti-Semitic Harassment Campaign Targeting Philadelphia Jewish
Day School
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Users on the 8chan successor website posted Zoom links and the online class
schedule for a Jewish day school in Philadelphia, encouraging anti-Semitic
targeted harassment on April 1. The board where the post was made frequently
shares racist, anti-Semitic, and white supremacist content. Posters on the same
board have praised the Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant, and similar
attacks in Poway, California, and El Paso, Texas. “As more people have switched
to virtual meetings, far right extremists have also adapted their harassment
and intimidation campaigns to these settings,” said CEP researcher Joshua
Fisher-Birch. “Web companies should cease providing services to sites where
this kind of behavior is planned and encouraged.” Media coverage:Vice News
<[link removed]>
.

White Supremacists Urge Followers On Telegram To Exploit COVID-19
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In late March, CEP research uncovered various white supremacist and neo-Nazi
accelerationist Telegram channels urging their followers to exploit COVID-19
pandemic. One specifically anti-Semitic channel with more than 1,200
subscribers stated on March 21 that the virus was part of a Jewish anti-white
plot, encouraging the audience to spend time in public even if sick, and
declared that deaths from the virus are natural selection. A white supremacist
Telegram channel with more than 250 users called for people to disrupt National
Guard operations and encouraged using firecrackers and small homemade
explosives to cause panic. Media coverage:The National
<[link removed]>
,Atlanta Journal-Constitution
<[link removed]>
,Al Jazeera
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,Vice News
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, andMic.com
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.

Christchurch Terrorist Video Remains Online
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The tragic murder of 51 people at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic
Center in Christchurch,New Zealand
<[link removed]> on March 15, 2019
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shocked the world. The gunman livestreamed his attack on Facebook—the video of
which continues to be re-uploaded across the Internet. Sadly, the Christchurch
video remains a case study of how sites and platforms continue to be misused by
extremists, especially when tech companies fail to take the steps necessary to
prevent the hosting or broadcasting of extremist content. CEP found that the
video, clips of the video, and content celebratingBrenton Tarrant’s
<[link removed]> murders remain
easily locatable on file hosting websites, chan-style message boards, and video
streaming platforms, inspiring others to commit violence, as was the case in
the El Paso shooting in August that killed 22 people. Media coverage:Reuters
<[link removed]>
,The Straits Times
<[link removed]>
, andNewsroom
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.

Josh Lipowsky: “Reflections On The Anniversary Of Christchurch And The Great
Replacement”
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On the one anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks, CEP Senior
Research Analyst Josh Lipowsky reflects on the Great Replacement Theory that
fueled the murder of 51 people: “To honor the victims of Christchurch, we must
loudly reject the ideology that informed the attack and deny any harbor to
those who continue to embrace it. On August 3, 2019, Patrick Crusius killed 21
people at a Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas. Crusius did not belong to these groups
but he subscribed to the Great Replacement theory, writing in his manifesto
that he supported the Christchurch shooter and warning of a white genocide.”

Extremism & Terrorism Online

Tech Companies Failing To Comply With Germany’s NetzDG Law, Study Finds
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CEP Berlin conducted a new study between January 31 and February 14 to test
big tech’s compliance with Germany’s 2018 NetzDG online content moderation law.
The law in its current form requires online platforms to remove “manifestly
illegal” content within 24 hours only after it has been reported by users.
CEP’s study, available in bothEnglish
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andGerman
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, revealed that YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram removed a mere 43.5 percent of
clearly extremist and terrorist content, even after that material was reported
for its illegal nature under the NetzDG law. CEP Berlin’s findings suggest that
this “notice and takedown” method for removing illegal content can only be
effective if platforms are being searched continuously and systemically for
such material. Media coverage:Die Welt
<[link removed]>
.

Dr. Hany Farid & UC Berkeley Researchers Release Report On YouTube’s
Recommendation Algorithm
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In early March, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley,
including CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid, released anew report
<[link removed]> analyzing
YouTube’s policies and efforts towards curbing its recommendation algorithm’s
tendency to spread divisive conspiracy theories, which have been known to lead
to online extremism and violence. The study,A Longitudinal Analysis Of
YouTube’s Promotion Of Conspiracy Videos
<[link removed]>, found that a
more complete analysis of YouTube’s algorithmic recommendations showed the
proportion of conspiratorial recommendations is “now only 40 percent less
common than when the YouTube’s measures were first announced.” Media coverage:
New York Times
<[link removed]>
.

Despite Terrorist Ties, Hizb ut-Tahrir Hosts Khalifa Conference On Facebook
Live
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On April 5, the American chapter of noted Islamist extremist group Hizb
ut-Tahrir <[link removed]> (HT) hosted
its annual Khilafah (“Caliphate”) Conference using Facebook Live. HT is banned
in at least 13 countries worldwide and is most notoriously known as the
“conveyor belt” for many individuals who have formed or joined explicitly
violent enterprises, including alumni 9/11 mastermindKhalid Sheikh Mohammed
<[link removed]> and former
al-Qaeda in Iraq leaderAbu Musab al-Zarqawi
<[link removed]>. The event
has been viewed more than 8,300 times and is still accessible online. HT
America’s Facebook page has 30,000 followers. Prior to the Conference, CEP
wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to act to refrain from
allowing the extremist group to broadcast its Khilafah Conference via Facebook
Live. Neither Zuckerberg nor Facebook responded to the request. Said CEP
Executive Director David Ibsen: “Other commercial enterprises have refused to
provide services to the group and have prohibited Khilafah conferences from
taking place on their premises. Allowing the video to remain online would
exacerbate the risk of online radicalization and extremist activity.”

 

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler: Democratising Deepfakes
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On March 16, CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler discussed that
growing problem of deepfakes and previewed a new study being spearheaded by CEP
Senior Advisor Dr. Professor Hany Farid. Deepfakes are electronically modified
videos and photographic images that change or simulate people saying and doing
things that did not happen. Due to technical advancements, a much larger number
of people can now produce deepfakes and harness the persuasive power of
audiovisual media to achieve their desired effect. Media coverage:Knowable
Magazine
<[link removed]>
andWashington Post
<[link removed]>
.

Amazon Continues Allowing Sales Of Anti-Semitic, Neo-Nazi Propaganda
<[link removed]>

In early March, Amazon announced a ban on the sale of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf
 from its site. However, late in the month, Amazon quietlyreversed
<[link removed]>
the policy and once again made the manifesto available for sale under the guise
of free speech. The company claimed that it did not want to determine what
people are allowed to read. Amazon has officialguidelines
<[link removed]>
prohibiting the sale of products that “promote, incite or glorify hatred,
violence, sexual or religious intolerance or promote organizations with such
views.” Said CEP Executive Director David Ibsen: “Amazon’s policy reversal
demonstrates that the company is not serious about enforcing its own
guidelines. Unfortunately, the company’s behavior is unsurprising. Amazon has
long allowed the sale of anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi manifestos such as The Turner
Diaries <[link removed]>
 andSiege
<[link removed]> on its
site, both of which have facilitated the radicalization of white nationalists.
If Amazon was truly committed to prohibiting the sale of all products that
promote hatred and violence, they would be doing so consistently and
transparently.”

Joshua Fisher-Birch: “Atomwaffen Division Claims to Have Disbanded”
<[link removed]>

CEP Content Review Specialist Joshua Fisher-Birch urges caution in evaluating
the March announcement that neo-Nazi extremist groupAtomwaffen Division
<[link removed]>
was disbanding: “While it is possible that AWD might officially cease
functioning as a group, the ideology that inspired them will live on, as will
their members and supporters. AWD has promoted the bookSiege
<[link removed]> as a
totalizing ideology, and there is no indication that their members will abandon
it or its calls to commit acts of violence.”

U.N. Designated Individuals Maintain Social Media Presence
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Facebook has claimed <[link removed]> that it
refers to international sanctions lists when working to remove terrorist
content from their sites. However, CEP researchers discovered that a number of
U.N.-designated individuals and organizations that maintain a robust social
media presence. Simple searches for social media accounts associated with
individuals and entities explicitly identified as being involved inISIS
<[link removed]> and/or al-Qaeda
<[link removed]> financing activities by the
U.N. Security Council as per itsISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List
<[link removed]> resulted in more than a dozen
social media pages belonging to and/or clearly in support of at least nine
sanctioned individuals or entities. These terror financiers may potentially
leverage social media sites to circumvent sanctions and continue their
activities in funding death and destruction. The findings of CEP’s analysis are
incorporated into a broader policy paper entitled,Financing of Terrorism and
Social Media Platforms
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. Media coverage:The National
<[link removed]>
.

New Resources

CEP Glossary <[link removed]>
What is Accelerationism? Or Zakat? CEP’s Glossary
<[link removed]> defines more than 50 frequently
used terms found in CEP reports and analyses on these issues. Accompanying many
of the definitions in the guide is a Learn More button that offers the
opportunity for readers probe deeper if they wish.

Country Reports: Extremism and Counter-Extremism
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CEP continues to update its Areas of Operation
<[link removed]> map, which includes comprehensive
reports detailing the history of extremist movements, major terrorist attacks,
and counter-extremism measures country by country. CEP’s latest additions to
the map includeNew Zealand
<[link removed]>, Syria
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