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In reply to the discussion: WTF ?? WTF ??...ISIS Pledges to Send Fighters to Ferguson [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)Online activists for Islamic State (ISIS) have been using social media coverage of riots in Ferguson, Missouri over the shooting of unarmed black teenager Mike Brown by a white Missouri police officer to promote their cause.
Using the hashtags related to the riots ISIS activists have been reaching out to residents of the predominantly black St. Louis suburb of Ferguson urging them to join the ISIS wave of Islamist violence.
http://www.newsweek.com/isis-urge-ferguson-rioters-be-malcolm-x-287257
Or the Washington Post
Islamic State activists on Twitter are using the Ferguson protests to encourage its supporters to carry out attacks in the United States.
A Washington-based nonprofit group that monitors the social media activity of pro-Islamic State accounts said Tuesday that a prominent group is telling followers to use Ferguson-related hashtags to spread ISIS propaganda and incite more violence.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2014/11/25/ferguson-protests-used-as-fuel-for-islamic-state-propaganda/