Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Social Media and Terrorism
On our weekly internet roundup, the ISIS video showing the beheading of journalist James Foley hit the internet yesterday on YouTube. Social media sites are struggling to keep terrorists from using their services to spread extremist messages and videos.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readOn our weekly internet roundup, the ISIS video showing the beheading of journalist James Foley hit the internet yesterday on YouTube. Social media sites are struggling to keep terrorists from using their services to spread extremist messages and videos.
We have been and are actively suspending accounts as we discover them related to this graphic imagery. Thank you https://t.co/jaYQBKVbBF— dick costolo (@dickc)
Blackout on group that murdered James Foley. Don't share video. Give them nothing. #RespectJamesFoley— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow)
you know what I think? And I know how crazy this sounds,but we need an #ISISmediaBlackout. Amputate their reach. Pour water on their flame.— Hend (@LibyaLiberty)
The full episode
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ISIS Executes James Foley, “Bad Feminist,” and B.K.S. Iyengar- 0:00Journalist James Foley Killed by ISIS
- 8:22The ISIS Europe Connection
- 14:27Social Media and TerrorismYou’re reading this
- 22:25'Bad Feminist'
- 38:15Father of Modern Yoga Dies
- 46:18Pioneering designer Deborah Sussman Dies
The full episode
3 of 6ISIS Executes James Foley, “Bad Feminist,” and B.K.S. Iyengar- 0:00Journalist James Foley Killed by ISIS
- 8:22The ISIS Europe Connection
- 14:27Social Media and TerrorismYou’re reading this
- 22:25'Bad Feminist'
- 38:15Father of Modern Yoga Dies
- 46:18Pioneering designer Deborah Sussman Dies