Too bad they can't find a way to kick ISIS off all the social media like Facebook.
ISIS GETS KICKED OFF TWITTER: WILL THEY EVOLVE OR DEVOLVE ON THE INTERNET? – OPED
MARCH 11, 2015 PUBLISHED BY THE FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LEAVE A COMMENT
By Published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute
By Clint Watts*
Thousands of ISIS member Twitter accounts have been shutdown over the past two weeks by Twitter. The implications are apparently dire for ISIS. While they continued to recreate accounts to re-establish their audiences in social media, some members of ISIS and their supporters posted death threats against Twitter employees including co-founder Jack Dorsey. “Your virtual war on us will cause a real war on you…we told you from the beginning it’s not your war but you didn’t get it and kept closing our accounts on Twitter, but we always come back.” Social media and Twitter in particular has been key lifeblood for ISIS, and apparently losing this communication platform has significant consequences for the group. A tip for ISIS – threatening to kill Twitter’s corporate leadership will not likely get your account reinstated.
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ISIS Gets Kicked Off Twitter Will They Evolve Or Devolve On The Internet - OpEd - Eurasia Review
ISIS GETS KICKED OFF TWITTER: WILL THEY EVOLVE OR DEVOLVE ON THE INTERNET? – OPED
MARCH 11, 2015 PUBLISHED BY THE FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LEAVE A COMMENT
By Published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute
By Clint Watts*
Thousands of ISIS member Twitter accounts have been shutdown over the past two weeks by Twitter. The implications are apparently dire for ISIS. While they continued to recreate accounts to re-establish their audiences in social media, some members of ISIS and their supporters posted death threats against Twitter employees including co-founder Jack Dorsey. “Your virtual war on us will cause a real war on you…we told you from the beginning it’s not your war but you didn’t get it and kept closing our accounts on Twitter, but we always come back.” Social media and Twitter in particular has been key lifeblood for ISIS, and apparently losing this communication platform has significant consequences for the group. A tip for ISIS – threatening to kill Twitter’s corporate leadership will not likely get your account reinstated.
Continue reading at:
ISIS Gets Kicked Off Twitter Will They Evolve Or Devolve On The Internet - OpEd - Eurasia Review