'American Isis Twitter scene' reveals social media's power to radicalise'
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Islamic State sympathisers in America prefer Twitter to any other social media platform. The report, Isis in America: From Retweets to Raqqa, published on Tuesday by George Washington University’s programme on extremism, analysed the social media accounts and legal documents of nearly 400 American followers of Isis. The activity showed how social media plays a crucial role in their radicalisation and, at times, mobilisation to fight in Iraq and Syria.
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- 14% are female, the average age is 26, two in five are Muslim converts and more than half have travelled or attempted to travel abroad.
- According to the study, a significant number of American Isis supporters use avatars of black flags, lions, and green birds – a scriptural reference from a hadith.
- Isis accounts are frequently suspended, but these have become “a badge of honour and a means by which an aspirant can bolster his or her legitimacy
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in my view, it's wrong to assume who is a part of isis based on pictures of logos as they may be accusing the wrong people as it may just be a sign of faith
'BBC won't work with press because it is obsessed with Google and Facebook'
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The BBC has little desire to work with UK newspapers digitally because it is obsessed with competing with Google and Facebook.
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- Rogerson said, “They see themselves as competing with Google and Facebook, and they see attention time on Google and Facebook the primary drivers of their concern.
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I think bbc are not wrong in their decision because it is true that they are obsessed with competing with Google and Facebook.
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