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SocialMedia&AttackPlots“He[Saifullah Saipov]appearstohavefollowed,almostexactlytoa'T,'theinstructionsthatISIShasputoutinitssocialmediachannelsbefore[…]“
CNN,November2017
“FBIandObamaconfirmOmarMateen wasradicalizedontheinternet.”
TheGuardian,June2016
“He[Rachid Kassim]urgeshis300followerstocarryoutwhatprosecutorshavetermed"terrorisme deproximite"(localterrorism).”
BBC,September2016
“Mostyoungterroristrecruitmentislinkedtosocialmedia”
JohnP.Carlin(FormerUSAssistantAttorneyGeneralforNationalSecurity),October2016
DimensionsofSocialMediaUse
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SinaWeibo
Tumblr
Qzone
FacebookMessenger
YouTube
WorldwideUsersinMillions(September2017)
Source:Statista
Approaches&Solutions
TARGETEDANALYSISStartsfrom“knownbadguys”
Primarilybasedonanetworkapproach
Protectstheprivacyoftheinnocent
Shrinksthehaystackbasedonalgorithms
Goesdeepundertheiceberg
MASSSURVEILLANCECollectsdataoneveryone
Primarilybasedonacontentapproach
Violatestheprivacyoftheinnocent
Createsmoreandbiggerhaystacks
Catchesthetopoftheiceberg
Conclusion
Propagandaonsocialmediaisabigproblem
Itisusedbyterroristorganizationstorecruit&callforattacks
Itisspreadacrossmanydifferentsocialmediaplatforms
Inmanycasesattackscanbelinkedbacktosocialmediaactivity
Socialmediaisabighaystackandittakesalotoftimeandresourcestosiftthroughit
Atargetedapproachstartswithasmaller,morerelevanthaystack
Algorithmscanboilitdowntothemostimportantindividuals
Andprotecttheprivacyoftheinnocent