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Extremist Content Online: ISIS Execution Video & Other Propaganda Spread On
Facebook
(New York, N.Y.) – 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 discovered
a dozen Facebook accounts spreading ISIS propaganda including videos, photos
and text.
Additionally, Al-Naba – a weekly newspaper published by ISIS – reported that
the group executed six French aid workers in Niger while its Amaq News released
a propaganda video on the RocketChat platform and at least 11 other websites
allegedly displaying an attack using an improvised explosive device on an Iraqi
army convoy in Anbar province.
Meanwhile, a link containing instructions for the 3D printing of a receiver
for an AK style semi-automatic rifle was uploaded by at least five white
supremacist-associated Telegram channels. Finally, CEP researchers identified
that neo-Nazi books including neo-Nazi James Mason’s book,Siege, have been
reuploaded to the print-on-demand web publisher, Lulu, which previously blocked
sales in April and May 2020.
ISIS Propaganda Widely Available on Facebook
CEP researchers located multiple pieces of ISIS
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photos, and text, on Facebook. The week of September 12 to September 18, a
dozen accounts spreading ISIS propaganda were identified, including several
full-length videos and clips with minor details modified, such as the covering
ISIS symbols in the top right.
One of the videos, "A Message to the People of Kurdistan," was originally
released in March 2015 and featured a Kurdish speaking man's execution. The
video had been online for approximately two days when it was located, and had
79 likes/reacts, and over 100 comments. The ISIS flag and propaganda center
logo on the top right were obscured in the video by a black circle.
Another video on Facebook, “Inside the Caliphate 8,” was originally released
in October 2018, but was located on Facebook on September 17. The video had
been uploaded over two weeks earlier and had 36 likes/reacts, and 10 comments.
The video calls for ISIS supporters to commit attacks in their home countries
and to post ISIS digital propaganda. The video contained a graphic making it
appear as if it was recorded on a camcorder or camera.
ISIS video “Inside the Caliphate 8” on Facebook, September 17, 2020
ISIS Claims to Have Executed Six French Aid Workers in Niger
On September 17, ISIS claimed to have executed six French aid workers near
Niger’s capital of Niamey, via the group’s Al-Naba weekly newspaper. The
edition of Al-Naba was released on Telegram, RocketChat, Hoop, the Internet
Archive, and Top4top.
ISIS News Propaganda Video Located on Several Websites
On September 12, ISIS released an Amaq News propaganda video on multiple
websites that allegedly shows an attack using an improvised explosive device on
an Iraqi security forces convoy in Anbar province. The video was spread via the
RocketChat platform and uploaded to at least 11 other websites, including:
Pc.Cd, the Microsoft One Drive, the Internet Archive, File.Fm, Top4top,
Mega.Nz, PixelDrain, SendVid, Streamable, Dropbox, and Mediafire. Five days
later, the video was still available on seven websites: Pc.Cd, the Internet
Archive, File.Fm, Top4top, PixelDrain, Streamable, and Mediafire.
White Supremacist Telegram Channels Post Links to Instructions on 3D Printed
Firearms
On September 14, at least five white supremacist Telegram channels that
endorse violence posted a link containing instructions for the 3D printing of a
receiver for an AK style semi-automatic rifle. The receiver of a firearm is the
necessary part of the weapon regulated by federal or state law. Various parts
can be added to a receiver to make a functioning firearm. 3D printed firearms
are unregistered and do not have serial numbers.
The website that contains the instructions for the 3D printed AK also sells
“boogaloo” themed merchandise and has numerous embedded YouTube videos and
files for the homemade 3D printing of firearms in order to get around firearms
laws. There is no evidence that the website is aware that the white supremacist
Telegram channels are sharing their content.
Publishing Site Lulu Continues to Sell Neo-Nazi Books
CEP researchers located James Mason’s
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website of print-on-demand publisher Lulu. The website previously blocked sales
of the book in April 2019,May 2020
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, and early September 2020; however, it has been reuploaded and made available
for purchase. Mason had substantial ties to theAtomwaffen Division
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, including an appearance in one of their recruitment videos, and his bookSiege
was required reading for the neo-Nazi accelerationist groups AWD andThe Base
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Siege advocates for terrorist attacks against the U.S. government and racial,
ethnic, and religious minority groups. Lulu’sContent Policy
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harm, threats, harassment, intimidation or discrimination against people
“based solely on race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender
and gender identity, (or) religious affiliation.”
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