article_snippet: Web-savvy militants fighting for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq could control as many as 90,000 Twitter accounts worldwide, allowing as many as 90,000 Twitter accounts worldwide to spread as many as 90,000 Twitter accounts worldwide sickening propaganda with ease.
article_snippet: The terror group is able to 'exert an outsized impact on how the world perceives The terror group' because of The terror group shrewd use of social media and sheer number of online followers, terror experts have concluded.
article_snippet: Power: ISIS'
   militants (pictured) are able to 'exert an outsized impact on how the world perceives it' because of it shrewd use of social media and sheer number of online followers, experts have concluded .
article_snippet: Extremism, while raising thornier issues, merits attention, especially when faced with a rising challenge of violent groups who manipulate platforms to reap the rewards of spreading images of violent groups who manipulate platforms to reap the rewards of spreading images of their cruelty cruelty.'
article_snippet: Showboating: ISIS terrorists use social media to boast of the organisation's victories and territorial gains .
article_snippet: The study of ISIS-linked accounts between September and December estimated there were between 46,000 and 70,000 IS-supporting Twitter accounts, with the researchers believing that the true figure was towards the lower end of this scale but setting an absolute maximum at 90,000.
article_snippet: The study of ISIS-linked accounts between September and December argues that the problem also applies to other social networks and extremist groups such as far-right organisations.
article_snippet: these numbers noted that platforms including Facebook and YouTube have already introduced changes aimed at tackling extremist material.
article_snippet: The militants also use social media to share barbaric images of atrocities
article_snippet: The militants commit, such as throwing men accused of being gay off the roof of high buildings .
article_snippet: Twitter had started suspending accounts linked to ISIS by the time the research was started, but the authors said this created a new risk, arguing: 'While suspensions appear to have created obstacles to supporters joining Isis's social network, Twitter also isolate ISIS supporters online. '
article_snippet: This could increase the speed and intensity of radicalisation for those who do manage to enter the network, and hinder organic social pressures that could lead to deradicalisation. '
article_snippet: Fundamentally, tampering with social networks is a form of social engineering, and acknowledging this fact raises many new, difficult questions. '
highlights_snippet: Militants use social media to 'impact on how the world perceives ISIS'
  Militants spread propaganda online and use social networks for recruitment .
  
highlights_snippet: Tens of thousands of Twitter accounts are currently controlled by ISIS'
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highlights_snippet: As soon as one account is deleted, the terrorists set another one up .
  