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Extremist Content Online: ISIS Propaganda Continues Proliferation On The
Internet

 

(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 a
pro-ISIS propaganda video on Streamable, with additional links spread via the
Internet Archive that contained footage of ISIS affiliates fighting against
government forces in northern Mozambique. In addition, Benjamin Carpenter, a
pro-ISIS propagandist, who was recently taken into U.S. federal custody and
charged with “attempting to provide material support and resources to” ISIS,
still had easily locatable content on Facebook, Issuu, the Internet Archive,
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 dedicated to spreading pro-ISIS propaganda. Additionally, CEP researchers
identified violent ISIS propaganda images on Telegram, one from the terrorist
group’s self-proclaimed province in Niger, the other from Sinai. Researchers
also located a pro-ISIS account on the Ignite social media site which features
links to pro-ISIS chats and photo propaganda, as well as the group’s official
weekly newsletter.

 

Meanwhile, white supremacists and neo-Nazis on Telegram and social media
exploited the “White Boy Summer”
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 meme by incorporating the phrase into content promoting terrorism, including
white supremacist mass shootings and neo-Nazism. Finally, white supremacist
Telegram channels spread propaganda and homemade weapons designs in response to
proposed gun control efforts from President Biden.

 

Pro-ISIS Propaganda Video Featuring Footage from Mozambique Released

 

CEP researchers located a pro-ISIS propaganda video containing footage from 
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websites on April 7. The video included footage of ISIS affiliates fighting
against government forces in northern Mozambique with shots of dead bodies of
individuals who were allegedly killed by the terrorist group. Links to the
video were spread via the Internet Archive, and the video was located on
Streamable and a cloud storage site operated by the pro-ISIS tech group
Electronic Horizons Foundation (EHF). EHF was created in 2016 to provide
cybersecurity and web technical assistance to ISIS supporters.

ISIS propaganda video on Streamable, April 8, 2020.

 

Recently Arrested Pro-ISIS Propagandists’ Work Widely Available Online

 

The work of the recently arrested
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 American pro-ISIS propagandist Benjamin Alan Carpenter, a.k.a. "Abu Hamza," is
widely available online. Carpenter was taken into custody by U.S. federal law
enforcement agents on March 24, 2021, and has been charged with "attempting to
provide material support and resources to" ISIS for operating "an international
organization dedicated to the translation and publication of pro-ISIS and
official ISIS media in English." CEP researchers located work made by
Carpenter's group on Facebook, Issuu, the Internet Archive, and a website
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 dedicated to spreading pro-ISIS propaganda. The Facebook page was created on
September 10, 2020, and had over 425 likes and follows on April 8, before it
was removed after being reported by CEP. Bluehost, which provides name-server
services to the pro-ISIS website, refused to sever ties with the site after
being alerted by CEP in March. 

 

ISIS Propaganda Spread via Telegram Feature Telegra.ph

 

ISIS supporters continue to spread the group’s propaganda on Telegram’s
Telegra.ph feature. On April 7, CEP researchers located two photo propaganda
sets, one from the terrorist group’s self-proclaimed province in Niger, the
other from Sinai. The Niger set shows combat, captured weapons, and the body of
a man allegedly killed in combat, while the Sinai photos show the execution of
a man accused of belonging to an anti-ISIS tribal faction. Both uploads only
contained the photos and did not include additional text.

 

ISIS Propaganda Located on Ignite

 

CEP researchers located a pro-ISIS account on the Ignite social media site.
Ignite describes itself as a “blockchain based censorship-free social network.”
The pro-ISIS account has posted links to pro-ISIS chats and photo propaganda,
as well as the group’s official weekly newsletter. Pro-ISIS propagandists have
expressed an interest in finding spaces online where moderators or site
administrators cannot remove content.

 

White Supremacists Hijack “White Boy Summer” Meme

 

White supremacists and neo-Nazis on Telegram and social media predictably
attempted to capitalize on the “White Boy Summer”
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 meme. Propagandists incorporated the phrase into content promoting terrorism,
including white supremacist mass shootings and neo-Nazism. The group 
Nationalist Social Club
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 included the phrase in propaganda posters in Portland, Maine, meant to recruit
and intimidate. 

 

White Supremacists Spread Homemade Firearms Plans on Telegram

 

On March 7 and 8, white supremacist Telegram channels spread propaganda and
homemade weapons designs in response to proposed gun control efforts from
President Biden. Gun control is an issue that white supremacists and
accelerationists have consistently sought to exploit for recruitment and
broadcasting their ideology. The prohibition of firearms is a trope in several
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