Editor's Pick: Social Media's Troubling Terrorist Infestation

Social Media's Troubling Terrorist Infestation

Peter Suciu Dec 4, 2015 7:00 AM PT

For individuals, social networking means sharing small moments and major events in life. For businesses, social media marketing can help build brands. For terrorist groups such as ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, social networks increasingly are the tool of choice for delivering messages of hate and recruiting new members to their cause. ISIS has exploited Twitter to send out propaganda. [More...]

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