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Bad Dog

(2,025 posts)
Mon May 23, 2016, 02:58 AM May 2016

IS fanboys tweet support and give away their location.

From Buzzfeed. Terrorists aren't immune to stupidity.

As rumors spread that an ISIS-affiliated media group would be releasing a recording from the top leadership on Saturday, thousands of ISIS supporters, also known as fanboys, took to social media sites to try and create a buzz about the release.

Among the tweets and uploads to Telegram, a messaging app with many ISIS channels, were dozens of photographs showing the fanboys holding pieces of papers with messages scribbled on them in support of ISIS, from countries around the world, including Germany, France, and England.

Their photos were supposed to instill fear by showing that the group had supporters in major European cities. Instead, the photos were used to geolocate the fanboys, and give tips to local law enforcement officials on how to find them.


https://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/a-bunch-of-isis-fanboys-just-posted-photos-accidentally-reve?utm_term=.exnVz2al9J#.elOBLOKRe3

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