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Why ISIS Is Winning The Online Propaganda War (dailydot.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the number-of-followers dept.

blottsie writes: The U.S. government has been unable to fight the Islamic State on the one battlefield it currently commands: the Internet. Exemplified by an August 2014 video produced by the State Department, the U.S. remains ineffective at combating violent extremism online. A definitive report by the Daily Dot explores how ISIS succeeds in spreading its message and recruiting new militants, and why the U.S. government continues to fail in its efforts to stop ISIS online.

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  1. Re:Simple Solution: Golden Rule ,,, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't think the World Health Organization is funding ISIS, it seems very unlikely.

  2. Re:PsyOps by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next article will be "Bitcoins cause Autism"

    You might have that backwards.

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  3. Feminism by Roodvlees · · Score: 1, Funny

    Has used political correctness and 'respect' for muslims to stifle the anti-islam debate.
    Also governments can't take the moral high ground because they are corrupt.
    All power corrupts, we'd be better off without governments, no power to abuse.
    Unless you've got enough religious nutjobs, then you just need enough power to keep them from forcing their religion on everyone else.

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