In secure chat forums, VICE has seen members of the network designing and workshopping memes to spread as propaganda,
They are purposely creating memes to push their ideology, giving false information
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- Apr 2019
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“I'm all about violence, but I want to gather with people and plan something out,” wrote one user going by the name Rimbaud to the almost 50 other members of the secret network, lamenting that the recent terror attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh could’ve been more effective. “Maybe some form of bombing, or something a bit more destructive.”
It is absolutely terrifying that someone could hold this hatred within them.
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The network's vetting process serves to funnel committed extremists from around the internet into a group explicitly focused on providing users with terroristic skills, in order to produce real-world violence.
How are groups able to network legally when their purpose is committing hate crimes?
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www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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privy
privy refers to sharing knowledge which were secretive. In this case information and communication was a privilege between the higher classes
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The telegraph swiftly became an important new tool of war
Its interesting how communication can easily aid in winning a war
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The internet has long been celebrated for its power to bring people together. Yet as it turns out, this same technology is easily weaponized. Smartphones and social apps have clearly altered the nuts and bolts of violent conflict, from recruiting to battlefield reporting. But the greatest effects may be more fundamental, expanding the causes and possibly the incidence of war, and extending its reach. Social-media platforms reinforce “us versus them” narratives, expose vulnerable people to virulent ideologies, and inflame even long-dormant hatreds. They create massive groundswells of popular opinion that are nearly impossible to predict or control.Social media has already revolutionized everything from dating to business to politics. Now it is reshaping war itself.
It's interesting to see how new media has helped to make the world seem like a smaller place. However with every new advance in the world there is also a downside which would be how people can use social media to help fuel a war.
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So intertwined are the Islamic State’s online propaganda and real-life operations that one can hardly be separated from the other
Islamic states online propaganda and real -life operation are essentially the same in purpose making it difficult to distinguish differences, if there are any at all.
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Facebook said that during the 24 hours after the shooting, the company blocked more than 1.2 million attempts to upload the video. It took down more than 300,000 copies of the video that had been uploaded.
I know that Facebook or other social media platforms are able to remove content, however I wonder how they are able to attempt to block it from being downloaded?
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And no users reported the post to Facebook’s content moderators during the live stream, an important signal for the company to catch and take down harmful content before it spreads virally across the site
No one reported the video because they must have thought it was fake. This reminds me of the facebook live video of a man in the U.S who claimed he was going on a killing spree and killed an innocent elderly man on the street. Most of the comments where shocked that it happened because they did not think something like that could happen. Sometimes it happens so fast you are unable to report it until it is too late.
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Facebook and other social media platforms also could face new legal issues because of the video, and not only in New Zealand. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand has vowed to investigate the role that social media played in the attack and to take action, possibly alongside other countries, against the sites that broadcast it.
I can understand how Facebook and other social media platforms could face legal issues. This actually might be beneficially towards the victims and the victims family.
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