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10 years after the peak of IS’s ‘Digital Caliphate,’ ISD’s latest research highlights the resilience of the group’s online ecosystem, w/ its supporters continuing to use a range of social media platforms for recruitment & propaganda, consistently innovating to evade efforts to curb their activities.
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Some attack plotters were reportedly inspired by extremist online propaganda from groups and individuals who do not directly incite their followers to commit acts of violence, but whose rigid, black-and-white, dogmatic and sectarian ideology may still serve as a gateway to radicalisation.
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In the context of recent attacks in Germany and Austria, our research has raised concerns about the increased prevalence of illegal terrorist content online and the prominence of extremist online subcultures in the German-language context. www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
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With the increasingly young profile of attackers and consistent links to online radicalisation, ISD’s research has spotlighted the ease with which minors can access IS and al Qaeda (AQ) content across Instagram, YouTube and TikTok using simple search terms naming prominent terrorist ideologues.
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ISD analysis of this wave of attacks and foiled plots has highlighted how the threat is driven by a mixture of grievances related to the Israel-Hamas conflict, the resurgence of Islamic State (IS)-linked attacks, the increasing radicalisation of minors and controversies related to blasphemy.
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The New Orleans attack shows IS’s ongoing ability to inspire violence in the US, fueling hatred, conspiracy theories and calls for bloodshed across extremist ideologies. Read the full report here. www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
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It wasn’t just IS supporters who exploited the tragedy. White supremacists used it to call for violence against minorities and mass deportations while conspiracy theorists claimed it was orchestrated by the “deep state.”
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TikTok is not the only social media platform to have a disconnect between policies and user experience, as users have also voiced frustration with platforms such as YouTube and Meta-based sites. Our full report below. www.isdglobal.org/isd-publicat...
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TikTok’s guidelines have resulted in users developing ways to bypass content moderation by purposefully misspelling words or replacing them entirely. This allows the sexual content to continue to exist on the platform. www.isdglobal.org/isd-publicat...
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As a result of the new content moderation guidelines, ISD found that legitimate discussions of sexual and reproductive health and safety can be flagged, with marginalised identities and discussions on social issues being impacted the most. www.isdglobal.org/isd-publicat...
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ISD analysts outlined the disparities in TikTok’s new Community Guidelines regarding sexual content moderation in English, French, German and Hungarian, finding that certain words are censored while others are not. www.isdglobal.org/isd-publicat...