How Terrorists Use Social Media to Spread Their Message

Under the cloak of anonymity, terrorists use social media to recruit, train new members and raise funds.

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Terrorists and those fighting terrorism are starting to form ranks on a new frontier – the Internet, and particularly social media. According to the National Journal, social media allows terror groups to recruit new members, conduct their business in relative secrecy and spread their message around the world. How should the authorities try to counter this?

Gabriel Weimann, a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center and professor at Haifa University in Israel, told the National Journal that terror groups are already using free Internet tools to coordinate and plan attacks.

“Try to think like a terrorist for a second.

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