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Social media databases, which include Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat are attractive to users because they allow them to have complete control over who they communicate and interact with. According to The Pew Research Center Online, 79% of American adults between the ages twenty-three to sixty-five said they used the internet and nearly half of adults (47%), or 59% of internet users, say they use at least one Social Media site to network. On the other hand, The Pew Research Center Online also claims that 16% of social media users are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two. Like the older adults, the young adults and children are exposed to the luxuries of social media, but they are also introduced to the sophistical media as well. For example, Social Media sites have become a headquarter for people to spread their own malicious beliefs: the jihadists terrorists group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has become an adept user of social media. In June of 2014, the group began an attack on the Iraqi city Mosul while also launching a “hashtag campaign” (Brooking and Singer), #AllEyesOnISIS. The hashtag surged across Twitter and created a global frenzy. Since then, ISIS has grown because of social media while recruiting through networking sites and self advertisement. ISIS’s most notable self promotion was the surfacing of a video that showed several ISIS followers beheading an

Besides friends using social media to connect with other friends or families keeping in touch with other relatives who are at a distance, in the recent years, terrorists have taken advantage of social media and used it as a platform to threaten and send jaw dropping messages to some of the most popular outlets across the nation. For this paper, I will examine how terrorists have used social media as propaganda. I will also analyze the trends in media and terrorism, and how it has provided access for the promotion of the violent messages as well as allowing the news of terrorist attacks and assassinations to reach many parts of the world within a matter of minutes.

Tactics to induce terror in pursuit of a political goal have been utilized by a multitude of organizations across the globe. This method of power control is known as terrorism, and due to its impact and unpredictability, it is highly feared and monitored today in the 21st century. Attacks of this nature stem from radical beliefs of religion, ethics, or other politics, and have been carried out globally, ranging from the 9/11 attack in New York City to the 2015 shooting in Paris, France. Terrorism over recent years has grown despite an abundance of efforts by many nations and international organisations to stop development of such groups. This growth is partially attributed to advances in digital technology and the furtherment of communication techniques, such as social media and web-based content, which has allowed for the spread of these radical ideas across the planet making it difficult to control the advancement of these beliefs (Council on Foreign Relations, 2009). Terrorism will never be able to be fully stopped due to the abstract nature and ideology from which terrorism originates.

Terrorists are actively targeting American youth through social media to solicit empathy and recruits. The Counter-terrorism proposal targets those same young Americans. The proposed campaign recommends the use of black propaganda in the social media sphere to make terrorist organizations seem distasteful, unappealing and boring.

Although problems with the inappropriate use of social networks are not new, in recent years, it has been observed by many authorities how the internet allows any actor to perform information operations with amazing ease and effectiveness. Indeed, several countries and individuals are using online multichannel platforms and social networks like Instagram, Snapchat Facebook, Twitter or YouTube, the mentioned sites allows any actor to collect an enormous amount of information on their potential adversaries and influence public opinion through propaganda and counter-propaganda activities. The armed forces of several countries, including the United States want to take action on the issue, this has caused a domino effect that not only touches us

Finally, This topic is up to date and is one of the hottest topics on political, social and even financial stage not only withing the US but worldwide, due to the Islamic terrorism spread. This topic is crucial to understand the basis of terrorism and related possible charges, for someone who is not aware of “ ' Terroristic ' Messages ' charges. It may help to understand, that terroristic speech is not protected under the First Amendment, and in particular that to be considered as ' Terroristic ' Messages ', the message might not only be verbal, but symbolic, or as a support for terrorists ( financial, moral, distributed in any type of medias). One can be considered as a terrorist supporter, without even ever meeting terrorists and speaking with them. In the era of the social media, and Internet, it 's dangerous without being a supporter to consult the forbidden, and running by terrorist web- pages, because, one can be considered liable and accused. Consequently, the

These groups utilize the media platforms to preach the jihadi movement, as well as releasing propaganda and weapons tutorials. Both of these groups have English magazines; the Al Qaeda’s English-language magazine, known as “Inspire,” and ISIS’s English-language magazine, called “Dabiq.” Many terrorist organizations are posting eulogies of martyred jihadist. With the hopes of encouraging other radical Muslims and using them as role models for Muslims around the world. With the growing use of social media, the terrorist has good reasons to take advantage of it. The terrorist’s channels are popular with its intended audience; this allows the organizations to be mainstream. Social media channels are user-friendly, dependable, free, and can be used anywhere in the world if you have data or are connected to the internet. Social networking allows terrorist to reach out to their intended targets no matter where they are located. Compared to the traditional way in which visitors had to come to the

Every month we see in the news a new story on how terrorists are using social media platforms to recruit and radicalize our youth, in fact we see this same type of story so often it leads us to wonder whether or not this is just over exaggeration, or is there truly a horrifying ring of truth to them. We cannot help but wonder if the same programs we use almost religiously every day are in fact being used as a tool for terrorists. A number of newspapers and news organization have looked into this and concluded three main things. First, terrorists have infiltrated our perceived safeguards on social media, second terrorists have shown that they try to recruit people through the use of social media, and lastly, that terrorists have made themselves

For instance, the Ku Klux Klan has made several resurgences throughout American history, each time more radical than the last. Today, the group has dwindled to a small percentage of nativist, racist individuals who are unable to put aside their irrational beliefs and instead be productive members of society. Thankfully, a minuscule minority of the nation’s citizens share their perspective, so they remain the prototype of the “Madisonian faction,” irreconcilably radical but insignificant. However, political extremism founded on dissension can reach terrifying popularity. ISIS and ISIL preach a doctrine of disposing of individuals who disagree with their radical interpretation of the Quran, and the ferocity of this isolationist ideology has destroyed local governments in Syria In fact, the organization has indirectly attacked the democratic governments throughout the world. By organizing pointed attacks like the one in Paris, they are diminishing citizens’ senses of security, weakening the power of their governments. Dissension ravages the online universe, as well. On Tumblr, entire blogs are devoted to ostracizing groups of people for their opinions, while Twitter-wars reduce productivity until it is nonexistent. Though both forms of social media hold amazing potential for widespread cooperation towards acquiring social change, dissenting opinions make it difficult

After the infamous 9/11 attacks against the U.S., the country has put in place various measures aimed at securing its borders against foreign threats. However, despite the increased security measures, terrorist groups still find ways through which they can perpetrate their heinous attacks. In particular, these groups have taken advantage of the Internet as a means to circumvent the security apparatus put in place by the U.S. One may, therefore, raise a question as to whether social media platforms have made it possible for foreign groups to undermine the U.S. intelligence system. This paper will explicate how terrorist organizations and other similar groups have used the Internet, and in particular, social media platforms to attain their agendas by recruiting U.S. nationals, enabling terrorist groups to overcome intelligence measures utilized by the U.S. by focusing on the following questions:

This paper explores some of the techniques and tools that are used by terrorist leaders to try to influence and change the mindsets of people. Political and religious motived techniques that are used by terrorist leaders are discussed in the paper. The paper also discuses how terrorist leaders have used the internet to gain support, influence, and recruit new members,

Domestic Terrorism; Homegrown Violent Extremists: When it comes to domestic terrorism, social media seems to also play a role in it. Many attacks the United States gave faced are usually bought by homegrown extremists. Homegrown extremists are “American or American residents who adopt the jihadist’s philosophy” (White, 2014 p.323). The internet is a driver that acts as an enabler, where terrorist’s organizations can share plans, information, targets, weapons, and recruit individuals. Another, propaganda found in the web is the Inspire online English language magazine, published by Al-Qaeda. This magazine is one if the many ways this organization uses the internet to reach an audience. This magazine has also even showed how to make bombs,

These religious groups can vary from Christianity to Buddhism and anything in between. If one of these groups contacts someone on social media it would most likely only be them trying to spread their religious teachings. However, not all of these “religious groups” are good for the world. Some of the groups can be hate groups or extremists for a certain religion. The most common in today’s world is the Islamic extremist group called ISIS. Terrorist groups like ISIS watch certain American citizens to try and recruit them for terrorist training camps overseas. They will single out vulnerable citizens that are easily persuaded with tactics like “Reverse Shoutouts, Ghanima Accounts, and Account Donations” (Softness). One of the more common ones being account donations, which is when a terrorist group like ISIS starts a twitter account and makes it known for terrorist activities. After ISIS is done with the account, they will hand it off to an easily influenced child to try and persuade them to leave America and join ISIS overseas. With ISIS and other terrorist groups trying to poison the American youth, some sort of restrictions are needed to be put on social media sites to avoid the amount of watching that these terrorist groups are doing to the children at home. Some steps that can be taken right away to avoid being watched by these groups include but are not limited to,

Farwell's article includes more in detail how ISIS keeps in touch with their supporters in social media, this article is associated with many of my other articles as it also mentions the use of hashtags, videos, and trends in social media ISIS uses but also talks about the impact it has with different groups, those oppose, mocking ISIS recruitment, and those with it, sharing hashtags and making videos supporting these groups.

Today, about 90% of organized terrorism on the internet takes place on social media sites. These organizations use social media so much because it is cheap, accessible, and gets messages out quickly to an audience that they can manipulate and cause havoc/chaos among. ISIS has used social media to their advantage by both posting threatening videos of beheadings where anyone can see them and sending them to government officials as threats. In December 2010, by popular demand that the company