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Friday, January 8, 2016
White House To Overhaul Efforts To Combat Online Propaganda From The Islamic State And Other Militant Groups
Washington Post: Obama administration plans shake-up in propaganda war against the Islamic State
The Obama administration is overhauling its faltering efforts to combat the online propaganda of the Islamic State and other terror groups, U.S. officials said, reflecting rising White House frustration with largely ineffective efforts so far to cut into ISIS’ use of social media to draw recruits and incite attacks.
Officials will create a new counter-terrorism task force, which will be based at the Department of Homeland Security but aims to enlist dozens of federal and local agencies. Other moves include revamping a State Department program that was created to serve as an information war room to challenge the Islamic State online and erode its appeal.
U.S. officials said the unit at the State Department will turn its focus toward helping allies craft more localized anti-terror messages, and will stop producing any videos or other material in English — ending a campaign that had been derided by critics.
Update #1: U.S. recruits tech leaders to help disrupt ISIS -- CBS/AP
Update #2: Top tech CEOs and U.S. officials brainstorm ideas on how to hit ISIS online -- Digital Trends
WNU Editor: The problem with what the White House is proposing is this .... Asking Silicon Valley to 'disrupt' terrorists is tech talk for 'surveillance' (Trevor Timm, The Guardian)
translation: State will hire a different marketing firm to handle its propaganda AKA: public diplomacy. This means that the Washington Post may have to tack a bit in its "news" stories.
ReplyDeleteObama's plan is to leaflet ISIS to death.
ReplyDeleteThe US likes to see itself as the Rodney Dangerfield of world politics. It does the right things but gets no respect, is the belief, when actually it's doing the wrong things and getting no respect.
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