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’s book Siege for 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 ISIS publications. In total, the 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.
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