http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6660.htm
September 7, 2012
Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No.881
“HASHTAG #Jihad Part II: Twitter Usage By Al-Qaeda And Online Jihadi Affiliated Groups Explodes; Apps Increasingly Used As Tools For Cyber Jihad”
By: Steven Stalinsky*
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“Taliban reportedly using fake Facebook pages of pretty girls to gather soldiers’ secrets”
Published September 09, 2012
FoxNews.com
SNIPPET: “The Taliban is using fake Facebook profiles of cute girls in an attempt to befriend soldiers with the intent of gathering information about operations, the Sunday Telegraph reports.”
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“Taliban using Facebook to lure Aussie soldier”
Anthony Deceglie, Katie Robertson
The Sunday Telegraph
September 09, 201212:00AM
TALIBAN insurgents are posing as “attractive women” on Facebook to befriend coalition soldiers and gather intelligence about operations.
Australian soldiers are given pre-deployment briefings about enemies creating fake profiles to spy on troops.
SNIPPET: “Personnel are also being warned that geo-tagging - a function of many websites that secretly logs the location from where a post is made or a photo is uploaded - is a significant danger.
Family and friends of soldiers are inadvertently jeopardising missions by sharing confidential information online, the report warns.
Three Australian soldiers were this month murdered inside their base, allegedly by an Afghan Army trainee.”
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6670.htm
September 11, 2012
Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No.883
“Testing YouTube’s ‘Promotes Terrorism’ Flagging Feature For Videos Of Osama Bin Laden, 9/11, Al-Qaeda – The Results: 58 Of 100 Remain Active”
By: Steven Stalinsky, E. Zweig and O. Adaki*
SNIPPET: “In the past three years, as part of the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, we determined that YouTube has emerged as the leading U.S. website for online jihad. It has replaced – and surpassed – websites administered by jihadists themselves, which were previously their venue of choice.
MEMRI has briefed members of the U.S. government and Congress on this issue, and has also directly offered its assistance to YouTube in identifying videos that incite violence and terrorist acts for possible removal.”