The State of Global Jihad Online

A short report by the New America Foundation, the full title being 'The State of Global Jihad Online; A Qualitative, Quantitative, and Cross-Lingual Analysis':http://www.newamerica.net/sites/newa...Online_NAF.pdf

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It is only a matter of time before terrorists begin routinely using Twitter, Instagram, and other services in ongoing operations. We have already seen this in a limited manner from al-Shabaab, which tweets its #JihadDispatches on recent battles. But those delivery mechanisms are unlikely to replace the forums as the main environment for conversation and information distribution among jihadis. Twitter and the like provide a more public platform than a password-protected forum, but one critical utility of forums for jihadis is the ability to have relatively private conversations.

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The paper looks interesting, but this is not my field. One headlined point does resonate with me:

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Imagine how much more of a spectacle it
would have been if the Mumbai attacks and hostage-takings had been live-tweeted alongside instantly uploaded pictures and video of the events.

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