Recruitment by Islamic State

  The Islamic State is using various social media sites in order to post propaganda.Their posts vary from "gruesome video-recorded beheadings of journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff to Instagram photographs of cats with AK-47s , indicating a comfort Isis has with Internet culture". IS knowledge of how to use social media to their advantage is not only a threat to citizens nearby. According to the U.S State Department there are dozens of United States Citizens fighting with the Islamic State, the Canadian Government claims there are at least 13 and the British government states 500 are involved."In countries like the U.S., Canada and Britain, potential recruits must find a jihadi mentor, which can be done online or through ISIS supporters in their local communities, according to Imam Syed Soharwardy, founder of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada."

   The internet seems to have had an affect on the war against IS. They are using all social media sites to gain recruitments for their side, which unfortunately has been working. The US attempt to counter to Isis comes from a social media campaign called Think Again Turn Away, This campaign is run by a State Department office called the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications. 

Sources

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/22/us-battle-counter-isis-propaganda-online-officials-warn

http://www.ibtimes.com/isis-recruiting-westerners-how-islamic-state-goes-after-non-muslims-recent-converts-west-1680076

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