Thanks to the wide availability of the Internet, social media is also used worldwide by a global audience. While it connects different people of different cities, social media has also turned into another issue to a more worldwide audience.
They have also been using web-linked drones to to fly over the battlefield and using the footage for propaganda, and social media messaging services, like WhatsApp or Skype to talk to each other, which makes it easier for the violence that they control to happen. (Brooker and Singer, 63) Social Media & Terrorism
Recruit for terrorist organizations, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or better known as ISIS.
ISIS uses their online magazine that has “higher production values than many professional magazines” (Brooker and Singer, 63), making it easier to recruit soldiers.
Used by ISIS to coordinate attacks, such as online forum boards where “ISIS militants analyze and plan many aspects of their civic administration and operations” (Brooker and Singer, 63).
Concerns
What makes this issue a global concern is that social media is filled with thousands of accounts and cannot be closely monitored. Social media allows the sharing of ideas, information, and media to an exponential audience, and while it could be considered modern technology, it is dangerous as such. It is easy to exploit this informational outlet, as seen by ISIS's use of it. Social media therefore can be seen as a way to spread violence and threats to people around the world.
What makes this issue a global concern is that social media is filled with thousands of accounts and cannot be closely monitored. Social media allows the sharing of ideas, information, and media to an exponential audience, and while it could be considered modern technology, it is dangerous as such. It is easy to exploit this informational outlet, as seen by ISIS's use of it. Social media therefore can be seen as a way to spread violence and threats to people around the world.