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ISIS Makes Direct Threats Against Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey (cnet.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the isis-threatens-again dept.

wjcofkc writes: A group of ISIS supporters have threatened to take down Facebook and Twitter, as well as their leaders. In a 25-minute propaganda video released by a group calling itself "the sons of the Caliphate army," photographs of both technology leaders are riddled with bullets. The video was first spotted by Vocativ. The threats are being made over the two companies' efforts to seek out and remove terrorist-related content on their respective platforms. The group is quoted as saying, "If you close one account, we will take 10 in return and soon your names will be erased after we delete your sites, Allah willing, and will know that we say is true."

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  1. The Pen vs the Sword ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Those who think the Pen is mightier than the Sword are about to learn the unpoetic truth that a person with only a pen needs to have some really good friends with swords.

    1. Re:The Pen vs the Sword ... by fnj · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Ghandi's "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

      Gandhi's struggle would have turned out very, very differently had he been dealing with Hitler or Stalin or Mao instead of the British Empire. His methods only work against an adversary who has at least SOME heart or nobility you can leverage and exploit.

  2. Re:25-minute propaganda video by whipslash · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They weren't free so there is cost savings. We just didn't think any ad revenue gained by them was worth hurting the /. user experience. We removed the Jobs section too that DICE had created.