Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has a design to fight ISIS online , and it ’s only marginally less visionary than the crackpot censorshipstrategiessuggested in Congress .
Clinton talk about way the US could be more aggressive with ISIS online in a address Thursday . Her digital strategy has two main components . The first part hit sense : Clinton want to expand a State Department program to get over terrorists ’ enlisting scheme online . OK . full start .
The second prong of her plan goes off the rails . “ Social media society can also do their part by swiftly shut down terrorist account so they ’re not used to plan , elicit , or lionise fury , ” Clinton said .
choose down social medium accounts isthe same strategyAnonymous is using in its “ war ” against ISIS , and it ’s not the correct one .
Clinton wants societal media platforms to get better at kicking terrorist off their networks , but companies like Google , Facebook , and Twitter have already beenactively monitoringand booting suspect terrorist accounts .
“ There is no place for terrorists on Facebook . We work aggressively to ensure that we do not have terrorist or terror chemical group using the situation , and we also remove any content that praises or support terrorism , ” a Facebook spokesperson tell Gizmodo .
“ We have a community of more than 1.5 billion people who are very adept at letting us know when something is not correct . We make it wanton for them to flag capacity for us , and they do . We have a global squad reply to those reports around the clock , and we prioritize any safety machine - interrelate reputation , admit any terrorism - related reports , for immediate follow-up . ”
Of course , they could hire more employee to proactively find terrorist accounts before they get flagged by other users . But on pseudonymous platform like Twitter — which is one of ISIS ’s favorite recruiting putz — a suspended account is a paltry roadblock .
A terrorist with a suspended account can simply make a new story in seconds . Clinton did n’t provide any specific instruction for how to make account take - downs more effective — because there really is n’t any . That ’s whyabusive accountson Twitter stay such a problem . There ’s no well-fixed elbow room to turn back someone from signing up for a political program contrive to let anyone sign up without fundamentally changing how it work .
A recentBrookings Institutereport on ISIS ’s Twitter use identified the downsides of taking these accounts down , in addition to how ineffective it is . Pulling ISIS accounts on social media will hinder intelligence agency - gathering , which runs counter to Clinton ’s insistency that the US needs better information - gathering on its foeman . “ There is clear intelligence value to be extracted from the ISIS accounts we analyze , ” the written report says . “ Most conspicuously , a substantial number of accounts allow for reliable GPS co-ordinate in ISIS district . ”
What ’s more , pulling down score could make group more extremist and will make it harder to foresee - recruit multitude away from ISIS . “ ISIS social networks on Twitter are becoming even more parochial than they were to begin with , ” the reportsays . “ When we segregate extremity of ISIS societal networks , we are , to some extent , also closing off potential way out ramps . ”
The Islamic State utilize the cyberspace as a potent communication and recruitment dick . It ’s a serious menace , and one that every presidential candidate and extremity of Congress should take in earnest . Yanking ISIS account , however , is not a practicable strategy . And pretend like it ’s a critical step shows just how lost politicians like Clinton are as they assuage worried voters .
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