The Islamic State, also known as ISIS, and its supporters have used Twitter for recruiting, planning, issuing threats and taking credit for their attacks. Simply put, the Islamic State uses Twitter as a tool of terrorism. “You just need to follow that terrorist on Twitter, and then maybe engage in Twitter direct messaging with that terrorist.” He added, “it works as a way to crowdsource terrorism, to sell murder.”Government officials have criticized Twitter for allowing terrorists to access the platform. director asking that he demand that Twitter block accounts of various terrorist groups. We both used social media platforms, including Twitter, to frantically search for our loved ones in the hours following the attacks.

Source: New York Times January 13, 2017 12:48 UTC