Flashback to ISIS Twitter of the middle 2010s
They were on there for a good couple years, what a crazy history that site has.
"When Isis stormed Iraq's second city of Mosul earlier this month, analysts say their propaganda made the fighting easier. In wars gone by, advancing armies smoothed their path with missiles. Isis did it with tweets and a movie.
Thousands of their Twitter followers installed an app – called the Dawn of Glad Tidings – that allows Isis to use their accounts to send out centrally written updates. Released simultaneously, the messages swamp social media, giving Isis a far larger online reach than their own accounts would otherwise allow. The Dawn app pumps out news of Isis advances, gory images, or frightening videos like Swords IV – creating the impression of a rampant and unstoppable force.
And it works, Iraqis say. When Isis stormed Mosul, Iraqi soldiers fled their posts, apparently aware that they would face a gruesome fate if they were captured while on duty."
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In response to this post by WahooRQ)
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/who-behind-isis-propaganda-operation-iraq
Posted: 01/11/2021 at 11:49PM