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Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy
FormationMarch 2021
HeadquartersBerlin, Germany[1]
Websitecemas.io

The Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy (CeMAS) is a German non-profit extremism monitoring agency established in 2021. Its stated focus is on creating an early warning system against conspiracy ideologies, disinformation and far-right extremism.[2][3][4]

Overview

The Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy was established in March 2021 by political scientist Josef Holnburger[5] and social psychologist Pia Lamberty, with the intent of developing an early warning system against conspiracy ideologies, disinformation and far-right extremism.[2] The other founding members are senior researchers Miro Dittrich[6] and Jan Rathje,[7] and cognitive scientist Rocío Rocha Dietz.[8][9] It is based in Berlin[1] and is funded by the Alfred Landecker Foundation [de], which provided the organization with €2.8 million.[2] The organization tracks far-right activity on Telegram.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Stanley-Becker, Isaac (25 September 2021). "Election fraud, QAnon, Jan. 6: Far-right extremists in Germany read from a pro-Trump script". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Kutsche, Katharina (30 March 2021). "CeMAS: mit digitalen Mitteln gegen Radikalisierung im Netz" [CeMAS: with digital means against radicalization on the net]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. ^ Felden, Esther; Höhn, Anne (31 March 2021). "TV chef turned rabble-rouser". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  4. ^ Kayali, Laura; Scott, Mark (17 March 2022). "Anti-vax conspiracy groups lean into pro-Kremlin propaganda in Ukraine". Politico. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  5. ^ Lenze, Dominik (25 October 2022). "Inszenierte Einigkeit von rechts" [Staged unity from the right]. Die Zeit. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. ^ Schumacher, Elizabeth (8 February 2022). "Disclose.TV: English disinformation made in Germany". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  7. ^ McGrane, Sally (19 May 2022). "Pro-Russian rallies sputter, but still rattle a nervous Germany". Coda Media. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  8. ^ Bateman, Jessica (13 September 2021). "Germany Braces for Election Disinformation". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Rocío Rocha Dietz". CeMAS. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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