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Deutsche Welle: Tweets as weapons: How 'Islamic State' is fighting its battles... digitally
Terrorist organization "Islamic State" is more than just simply savvy when it comes to using the internet as a propaganda tool. But what can be used to fight against such a profound social media strategy and smart users?
You can watch this war happening while safely thousands of miles away. Sitting in front of your computer and logged into Twitter, Facebook and Instagram you can watch it almost in real time. The conflict provoked by terrorist organization "Islamic State" is being fought in the real world, in Syria and Iraq, but a global audience can follow it virtually online.
It's kind of bizarre - this Sunni militant group, which stands for a traditional backward form of Islam, is using the most modern tools of communication that our world has to offer. And, as bitter as it is, while many media organizations have struggled to harness the power of social media, one has to admit that the terrorist organization seems to have mastered it.
Update: To defeat ISIS we must convince Twitter, YouTube to 'unfriend' terrorists -- FOX News
WNU Editor: Who would have taught (10 years ago) that social media would be the driving force that it is today for groups like the Islamic State? We are definitely living in a new era.
1 comment:
Social media is amazingly powerful. I've heard the Egypt protest movement that ousted Mubarak the "Twitter revolution". What frightens me is sites like Reddit and other link aggregators and link sharing sites. They can totally frame the narrative to suit a view.
A Brave New World indeed.
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