Terrorism and the Internet

War on terror

Outline - exam

Student name/school/class:

Main topic: War on terror

My topic: Terrorism and the role the internet plays

Reason for choice of topic:

Relevant: terrorists using social media

Curious: contemporary problem

Compare: modern terrorist attacks

Why do terrorists use social media?

Cyberterrorism

Six ways: psychological warfare, propaganda, fundraising, recruitment, data mining, communicating and coordinates of actions

An example of when a terrorist used social media

9/11

Encrypted messages

Abu Zubaydah

Public email

Recruitment of new members

Propaganda

4500 jihadist websites

Suicide videos

Fighting terrorism on the internet

Interpol: International Criminal Police Organization

Cybercrime investigations

Prevent attacks

Sources:

Terrorism and the internet: New threats posed by cyberterrorism and terrorist use of the internet, Phillip W. Brunst, 2009 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-0-387-89291-7_3 Jihad online:

How modern terrorism uses the internet, Garbriel Weimann, https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/sr116.pdf

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