Disrupting Daesh Measuring Takedown of Online Terrorist Material and Its Impacts.pdf (1.83 MB)
Disrupting Daesh: measuring takedown of online terrorist material and its impacts
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posted on 2023-06-09, 15:41 authored by Maura Conway, Moign Khawaja, Suraj LakhaniSuraj Lakhani, Jeremy ReffinJeremy Reffin, Andrew RobertsonAndrew Robertson, David WeirDavid WeirThis article contributes to public and policy debates on the value of social media disruption activity with respect to terrorist material. In particular, it explores aggressive account and content takedown, with the aim of accurately measuring this activity and its impacts. The major emphasis of the analysis is the so-called Islamic State (IS) and disruption of their online activity, but a catchall “Other Jihadi” category is also utilized for comparison purposes. Our findings challenge the notion that Twitter remains a conducive space for pro-IS accounts and communities to flourish. However, not all jihadists on Twitter are subject to the same high levels of disruption as IS, and we show that there is differential disruption taking place. IS’s and other jihadists’ online activity was never solely restricted to Twitter; it is just one node in a wider jihadist social media ecology. This is described and some preliminary analysis of disruption trends in this area supplied too.
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Studies in Conflict & TerrorismISSN
1057-610XPublisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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1-2Volume
42Page range
141-160Department affiliated with
- Informatics Publications
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- Crime Research Centre Publications
- Sussex Humanities Lab Publications
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2018-11-01First Open Access (FOA) Date
2018-11-01First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2018-10-31Usage metrics
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