The Evolving Capabilities of Terrorism on Social Media

Abstract

The issue that the paper will discuss is how social media has changed the scope of influence
available to terrorist groups. It will look at how different groups have used platforms such as
Facebook and Twitter to further their goals and how they have changed their methods to follow
the current trends of social media. As well, it will examine the global response to this new
phenomenon by both governments, focusing on policies that have been put in place to curb the
influence of terrorist group and also where there has been little to no reactions on the issue which
in turn has allowed the influence to increase.