Al-Qaeda would be late to the party. The jihadist presence on Facebook is already more than robust. “The invasion of Facebook: Al Qaeda calls for ‘cyber-jihad’ to plan attacks on the West,” from the Daily Mail, July 13:
Al Qaeda has explicitly called for “˜cyber-jihad” and there have been a series of attempts by terrorists to “˜invade” Facebook, the Government’s new counter-terrorism strategy said today.
Terrorists are increasingly using online technology to plan and disguise attacks and there will be more cyber-terrorism in the future, it said.
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“˜Since the death of Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda has explicitly called not only for acts of lone or individual terrorism, but also for ‘cyber-jihad’,” it added.
The use of social networking sites and video sharing is now “˜commonplace”, the strategy said. “˜There have been a number of attempts by terrorist and extremist groups to “invade” Facebook.
Infidels develop technology to enhance life; jihadists appropriate it to end lives.
“˜Twitter will be used to re-post media or forum articles enabling extremist content to be shared more quickly, widely and amongst people who would not normally search for extremist content.”
And experts have estimated that there are already thousands of terrorist-related websites, adding: ‘A few dozen are highly influential and frequented by terrorists.’
The strategy comes the day after the UK threat level from international terrorism was downgraded from severe to substantial, meaning there is still a “˜strong possibility” of an attack and one may well happen without further warning’….