Study examines thriving hierarchy of ‘nodes’,‘amplifiers’ and ‘shout-outs’ among Isis supporters on Twitter, where a suspended account is a ‘badge of honour’Islamic State sympathisers in America prefer Twitter to any other social media platform and spend avatars of black flags, or green birds and lions – including the Detroit Lions NFL team in their online propaganda,a study has shown. Having a Twitter account suspended has become a “badge of honour” among US-based Isis supporters, researchers found, and they are adopting increasingly sophisticated techniques to circumvent the authorities in a “never-ending cat-and-mouse game”.
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Source: theguardian.com