The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by
extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit fol
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Extremist Content Online: Manufacturing Guides For Explosives, Suicide Belts
Located On The Internet Archive
(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 located
dozens of manuals on the Internet Archive, including print and video guides for
making explosives, bomb components, suicide belts, and incendiary weapons.
Additionally, CEP researchers located a YouTube video advertising a pro-ISIS
propaganda website.
Meanwhile, CEP researchers located an English language pro-ISIS website that
contains numerous articles from the official ISIS weekly newsletter Al-Naba and
an English language pro-ISIS publication. Also, CEP researchers located
multiple pieces of neo-Nazi content on Instagram, including one account that
posted a copy of James Mason
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sale on the platform.
Additionally, CEP researchers located a neo-Nazi Telegram channel that posted
several bomb-making manuals and guides to homemade production of firearms,
including craft production and 3D printed weapons. Finally, CEP researchers
located a store on Teespring selling clothing and accessories with Nazi and
neo-Nazi iconography, including versions of the SS death’s head and insignia
for a Waffen SS division.
Large Quantity of Explosives and Weapons Guides Located on the Internet Archive
On March 22, CEP researchers located dozens of manuals on the Internet
Archive, including print and video guides for making explosives, bomb
components, suicide belts, and incendiary weapons. Additional files included
tips on committing lone actor attacks taken from previously released official
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files consisted of over 4GB worth of material. The links had been posted in a
pro-ISIS online chat. The Internet Archive removed the files after CEP reported
them.
Video on YouTube Located Advertising Pro-ISIS Propaganda Website
On March 22, CEP researchers located a YouTube video advertising a pro-ISIS
propaganda website. The video, which was over two minutes long and consisted of
unrelated footage, contained links in the video description directing users to
the website. The account used to upload the video used a still image taken from
an official ISIS propaganda video as its icon. YouTube removed the video by
March 25.
The website advertised in the video, currently on the .de domain, has
previously been removed from numerous web domains. The website contains violent
ISIS propaganda videos, the terror group’s weekly newsletters, and Amaq News
updates. The website has been changing domain names since at least March 2020.
A similar video advertising the website was located on YouTube in December
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2020 and February
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2021.
Pro-ISIS Website Located
CEP researchers located an English language pro-ISIS website that contains
numerous articles from the official ISIS weekly newsletter Al-Naba and an
English language pro-ISIS publication. The website also includes many works
from individuals affiliated with ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq, oral-Qaeda
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consists of religious justifications for violence and praise for ISIS. The site
uses Blue Host as its name server and Fast Domain as its registrar.
Neo-Nazi Propaganda, Including Atomwaffen Division Videos, Located on Instagram
The week of March 21 to March 27, CEP researchers located multiple pieces of
neo-Nazi content on Instagram. One account posted a copy of James Mason
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sale on the platform. An account active for three months posted multiple pieces
of neo-Nazi propaganda, including images glorifying the Christchurch attacker
and advocating acts of terrorism, and segments from a neo-Nazi podcast. Another
account posted an Atomwaffen Division propaganda video that had been on the
site for one month and viewed 35 times. Another account posted multiple
neo-Nazi propaganda clips in 2021, including three videos originally made by
the Atomwaffen Division, all posted on March 11 or March 12. The same account
also posted videos that showed violent attacks committed against people of
color and an image glorifying the Christchurch attacker. Videos posted by this
account had dozens of likes or views. Another user identified themselves in
their profile as a “supporter” of the Christchurch attacker and made a veiled
reference to the terrorist attack in their Instagram username.
After content was reported for violating Instagram’s Community Guidelines
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, an account that uploaded several Atomwaffen Division videos was removed, as
was the account that praised the Christchurch attacker, however the account
that advertised Siege was not removed, nor was the post. An account that posted
an Atomwaffen Division video and various other pieces of neo-Nazi propaganda
had those specific posts removed, but the account itself was allowed to remain
on the platform.
Atomwaffen Division video on Instagram, March 25, 2021.
Bomb Making Instructions Located on Neo-Nazi Telegram Channel and Telegra.ph
Platform
CEP researchers located a neo-Nazi Telegram channel that posted several
bomb-making manuals and guides to homemade production of firearms, including
craft production and 3D printed weapons. The channel advocated using violence
in multiple posts, including praising white supremacist terrorists such as
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posting a video showing the beheading and shooting execution of two men
allegedly from 2007. One of the bomb instruction manuals on the channel
initially appeared in an English language al-Qaeda magazine. CEP researchers
also found explosives making instructions on the Telegra.ph platform posted on
an affiliated Telegram channel. The step-by-step explosives guide was
originally posted on Telegra.ph in November 2019. Neither the Telegram channel,
nor the Telegra.ph link were removed approximately three days after they were
reported to Telegram for violating theirTerms of Service
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Neo-Nazi Clothing and Accessories Located on Teespring
CEP researchers located a store on Teespring selling clothing and accessories
with Nazi and neo-Nazi iconography, including versions of the SS death’s head
and insignia for a Waffen SS division active during World War II. CEP has
previously found similar content on Teespring, such as shirts and stickers
celebrating
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white supremacist terrorist attacks, including the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
and anti-Semitic shirts
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. Teespring’s Terms of Service prohibit content used to “promote or glorify
hatred toward people based on their age, race, ethnicity, national origin,
gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability and religion, including
people, organizations or symbols dedicated to hatred against these groups.”The
store was still online three days after CEP reported it to Teespring.
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