US Central Command Twitter feed hacked by ISIS supporters
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The Twitter account for U.S. Central Command was apparently hacked on Monday, with pro-ISIS messages plastering the account's profile.
The first message was posted at 12:29 p.m. ET, with the words "AMERICAN SOLDIERS, WE ARE COMING, WATCH YOUR BACK. ISIS." and the hashtag "#CyberCaliphate."
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102330338#.
ISIS Loses Key ‘Butter Churn’ Battle on Twitter
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Two Iraqis invented a fake town, named for a butter churn, then claimed ISIS was defeated there by Shia militias. Fans of both fell for the gag.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...source=twitter
Hackathons take on Islamic State in cyberspace battle
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The latest hackathon competition -- the fourth in the past five months -- is being held alongside a two-day countering violent extremism conference in Australia's biggest city, attended by high-level officials and experts and opened by Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/hackath...033943918.html
Warriors of the Future?
Is IS Beginning to Lose the Social Media War?
Is IS Beginning to Lose the Social Media War?
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Inside the Jihadi Mind: Understanding Ideology and Propaganda
By an odd coincidence a quite different "think tank" has published a report with a much wider remit today too; the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. It opens with:
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New research from the Centre on Religion & Geopolitics finds a common ideology communicated through the propaganda of three leading jihadi groups. Read our summary of the report's key findings and how these can inform our response.
Link:http://tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/...de-jihadi-mind
It gets a ringing endorsement from Professor Bruce Hoffman:
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..a needed and incisive analysis of one of the core issues behind the current jihadi threat, the manipulation and exploitation of scripture to provide a religious justification for their violence....this is the single best work I have read on the ideological foundations and theoretical underpinnings of the ongoing wave of jihadi violence. Accordingly, it makes a valuable contribution both to the literature on terrorism and radicalisation and to the measures and efforts needed to most effectively counter the appeal of the jihadi message.
Tony Blair himself was speaking in NYC today:http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...ed-by-muslims?
'Isis…it was just not my cup of tea': British mum speaks
I missed this UK C4 TV interview, so thanks to a "lurker":
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Shukee Begum, a mother of 5 who took her children to Syria to meet her husband, who was fighting with Isis militants, reveals how she became trapped in Isis territory after he refused to leave and was kidnapped by smugglers.
The C4 report (11 mins) which includes an interview with her family:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEu7SKBcXVs
Link to a shorter YouTube clip (7 mins):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZpT...be&app=desktop
Internet terrorism – IS’s deadly strategy
Thanks to a "lurker" a German TV documentary (30 mins), which covers Germany, Spain, Israel and more. From the website:
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The terrorist organization Islamic State, IS for short, is carrying out an aggressive internet campaign that's aimed at spreading fear in Western countries. Videos of IS atrocities are posted almost immediately after they happen. The videos often appear on social-media sites linked to IS. Islamic State also uses the internet to recruit new members. Western security experts are concerned about IS's digital capabilities, and fear that they may try to hack into key utilities or government agencies.
Link:http://www.dw.com/en/internet-terror...gy/av-18793897
The Decline in Islamic State Media Output
From Kings College ICSR a short commentary that ends with:
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Put together, there are signs that IS’s much vaunted media machine has declined over the past half year. It remains very active, of course, but there seems to have been a peak between mid-spring and mid-summer this year. This, I believe, could be indicative of other structural issues IS could be having on the ground. It also suggests that military victories rather than counter messaging has a stronger effect on the media capabilities of jihadi groups.
Link:http://icsr.info/2015/12/icsr-insigh...-media-output/
Why ISIS Propaganda Works
From The Atlantic and the sub-title is:
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And why stopping it requires that governments get out of the way
Link:http://www.theatlantic.com/internati...da-war/462702/
How Islamic State has duped Western media