CEP Locates Pro-ISIS And Extreme Right Content On Popular Platform. The Counter
Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to
spread propaganda, recruit followers, and incite violence on popular Meta-owned
platforms in order to hold the company accountable for failures to prevent the
dissemination of extremist and terrorist content.





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Extremist Content Online: Instagram Edition

CEP Locates Pro-ISIS And Extreme Right Content On Popular Platform



(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the
methods used by extremists to spread propaganda, recruit followers, and incite
violence on popular Meta-owned platforms in order to hold the company
accountable for failures to prevent the dissemination of extremist and
terrorist content.



In a sample of content located on Meta-owned Instagram on November 8, CEP
located 10 accounts that posted a variety of pro-ISIS content including clips
and photos from official ISIS videos and pro-ISIS posts. In addition, 10
extreme right accounts that posted various white supremacist, antisemitic,
Holocaust denial, anti-Muslim, and anti-LGBTQ content were also located. Among
the extreme right profiles, one account was for a regional chapter of a Rise
Above Movement (RAM) inspiredactive club
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over 120 followers. Three other accounts also promoted the active club movement
and a clothing brand operated by RAM’s co-founder. The pro-ISIS accounts had
between 46 and 919 followers, with an average of 342 followers. The extreme
right accounts had between 44 and 534 followers, with an average of 205.



CEP researchers reported all 20 accounts to Instagram on November 8.
Approximately 48 hours later, seven pro-ISIS accounts and eight extreme right
accounts were still online. Two specific propaganda videos were reported to
Instagram for violating the website’s policy on “Dangerous Organizations or
Individuals,” but they were still online on November 10.



Among the pro-ISIS content, CEP located a clip from the ISIS video “Al-Ramadi:
The Epic Battles of Jihad,” originally released in October 2015.



Clip from the ISIS video “Al-Ramadi: The Epic Battles of Jihad,” on Instagram.
Screenshot taken on November 8, 2022.



The footage features a statement from the British ISIS fighter, Fatlum Shakalu
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, a.k.a Abu Musa al-Britani, about the importance of fighting before detonating
a vehicle rigged with explosives during ISIS’s assault on Ramadi. The video was
uploaded to Instagram on October 27, 2022 and had 64 likes 12 days later. An
ISIS logo on the top right of the video was obscured in the video upload to
evade removal.



An extreme right account with 76 followers posted an infamous propaganda video
from the British neo-Nazi groupNational Action
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uploaded to Instagram on September 29, 2022 and had 20 likes when it was found
on November 8. In 2018, the British Home Affairs Committeecriticized
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prevent uploads of the same propaganda video.



National Action propaganda video on Instagram. Screenshot taken on November 8,
2022.



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