The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by
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Extremist Content Online: ISIS Videos Found On Facebook And At Least 13 Other
Websites
(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 found seven
Facebook accounts that posted pro-ISIS propaganda, accumulating hundreds of
views in the process.
An ISIS video titled “So Wait, We Are Waiting With You” was found on multiple
websites, with links spread on Telegram and Element. An infamous ISIS
bomb-making video that has been linked to the May 2017 Manchester Arena bombing
perpetrator was found again, and removed from, the Internet Archive. Lastly,
white supremacist, antisemitic, and anti-Muslim content, such as an active
group with 700 members dedicated to the white supremacist streamer Paul Miller,
was found on the gaming platform Steam.
Pro-ISIS Content Located on Facebook
From October 3 to October 9, CEP researchers found seven Facebook accounts
that posted pro-ISIS propaganda. Content included an officialISIS
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group’s al-Furqan media outlet originally released in the summer of 2021, ISIS
propaganda photo sets, advertisements and external links for an ISIS propaganda
video released on October 5, and clips taken from official ISIS propaganda
videos, including at least one video that showed mass executions, and videos
that showed the use of vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices.
In total, CEP located ten videos on Facebook composed of footage taken from
official ISIS propaganda videos. The mean values for the videos were a time
duration on the social media site of seven and a half days, 78 likes/reactions,
14 comments, eight shares, and 272 views. Of the 18 pieces of content that CEP
reported to Facebook for violating theirCommunity Standards
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(33%) were removed three days later. Content that remained online included
footage from ISIS propaganda videos, ISIS propaganda photosets, and advertising
and links to ISIS content on other websites.
Official ISIS leadership statement, originally released summer of 2021,
available on Facebook, October 7.
New ISIS Video Released on Multiple Websites
ISIS released a new video on October 5 from the group’s self-proclaimed
province in Iraq. Titled “So Wait, We Are Waiting With You,” the video was
approximately 50 minutes long and contained footage from 2020 and 2021. The
video included extensive combat footage that showed attacks on Iraqi Federal
Police installations and roadside bombings. The video also showed multiple
assassinations and executions of a political candidate, security forces
members, alleged intelligence services members, men accused of being spies, and
alleged members of both pro-government and sectarian militias. It also included
voiceovers from ISIS’s former leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
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the burning of crops, the destruction of agricultural equipment, and the
wreckage of a crashed Iraqi military drone.
The video was posted on Telegram, Hoop, and Element. Links to the video were
spread on Element and Telegram. On October 5, the video was posted to at least
18 websites. Approximately 24 hours later, the video was still available on
eight websites: the Internet Archive, Bcove.Video, Yandex.Com, the IPFS
distributed web platform, File.Fm, Transfer.Sh, Tune.Pk, and Vudeo.Net.
Additional links were posted to at least 13 websites on October 6. 24 hours
later, the video was still available on nine of those websites: Transfer.Sh,
the Internet Archive, Yandex.Com, File.Fm, Fromsmash.Com, Gofile.Io, Tune.Pk,
Wetransfer.com, and Mediafire. CEP additionally located the video on a pro-ISIS
private file hosting site on Nextcloud. The Internet Archive removed the video
after CEP reported it.
Notorious ISIS Bomb-Making Video Located on the Internet Archive
CEP researchers located a notorious ISIS bomb-making video on the Internet
Archive that instructs viewers on making explosive devices using commercially
available products. This specific video has beenlinked
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to the May 2017 Manchester Arena bombing perpetrator, who killed 22 people and
injured hundreds more. The video also encourages attacks in the West and shows
knife tactics on a human target, who is brutally executed in the process. The
video was uploaded on August 29, 2020. The Internet Archive quickly removed the
video after CEP reported it. The video has been foundmultiple
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on the Internet Archive, and in those cases, the site removed it as well.
White Supremacist, Antisemitic, Anti-Muslim Content Located on Steam
CEP researchers found white supremacist, antisemitic
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, and anti-Muslim content on the gaming platform and social network Steam.
Examples included an active group with almost 700 members dedicated to the
white supremacist streamer Paul Miller, who is currently serving a three and a
half year prison sentence
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for firearms-related offenses. The Steam group claimed to be endorsed by
Miller and contained links to his videos on other websites. CEP additionally
found a group dedicated to an antisemitic meme that included anti-Jewish hate
speech and the propagation of antisemitic conspiracy theories. Comments were
located in a different group from March 2021 that glorified the Christchurch
attacker.
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