Abstract
The study examines three anonymous sharing portals employed strategically by the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) to achieve its political ends. This study argues that anonymous sharing portals such as Sendvid.com, Justpast.it, and Dump.to have been instrumental in allowing individual jihadists to generate content, disseminate propaganda and communicate freely while routing around filtering practiced by popular social media networks. The study draws on Actor Network Theory (ANT) in examining the relationship between ISIS jihadists and the emergence of anonymous sharing portals. The study suggests that, even though used prior to the massive degrading operation across social media, anonymous sharing portals were instrumental in allowing ISIS to maintain its networking structure in the face of coordinated disruption.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 81-99 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Perspectives on Terrorism |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Actor network theory
- Anonymous sharing portals
- Black boxing
- Degrading operation
- Dump.to
- Islamic state
- Justpaste
- Sendvid
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Safety Research
- Political Science and International Relations
- Law