Social Media has a big effect on people all over the world, especially young adults. Social media lets us connect with one another. The internet helps us do many things, and we can use it in many ways. Some groups use social media to spread their influences and beliefs with propaganda. Others use social media to express how they feel about certain situations. The internet can be very helpful, but it can also be very dangerous as some people recruit others to do their dirty work.
teenagers being harmed because they think it would draw more attention. Young adults are now becoming a key part in their propaganda messages. Terrorist use videos and pictures to glorify terrorism and violence. The websites they use the most are YouTube and Twitter. Terrorist do not pick just anyone to do these jobs, they pick their targets carefully.
The reasons why their techniques work is because it calls the attention of the people. Terrorist want people to feel bad for them and have people encourage others to go on their side and fight with them. Terrorist reach out to people they want to recruit. Then, they train and teach them how to do their work for the terrorist group . Propaganda falsely persuades them to think the violence they’re causing is a positive thing.
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Terrorists Reach Out
Many terrorist groups spread propaganda on social media and websites to make their ideology seem more appealing to people. Some terrorist groups use social media to display content concerning children and teenagers being harmed because they think it would draw more attention. Young adults are now becoming a key part in their propaganda messages. Terrorist use videos and pictures to glorify terrorism and violence. The websites they use the most are YouTube and Twitter. Terrorist do not pick just anyone to do these jobs, they pick their targets carefully.
The reasons why their techniques work is because it calls the attention of the people. Terrorist want people to feel bad for them and have people encourage others to go on their side and fight with them. Terrorist reach out to people they want to recruit. Then, they train and teach them how to do their work for the terrorist group . Propaganda falsely persuades them to think the violence they’re causing is a positive thing.
Law Enforcement Responds
America has been trying to stop them from spreading more of their propaganda. One way the FBI tried to stop them was by shutting down most of their websites. They have also arrested people that had any affiliation with the terrorist group. America has been unsuccessful with ending all terrorist propaganda. The FBI and law enforcement organizations are ready to identify and prevent terrorist attacks.
Social Media can be helpful with our everyday life but we have to use it with caution because there are people out there that use it to cause mischief and havoc.