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HOWTOTACKLETERRORISTPROPAGANDA&RECRUITINGONSOCIALMEDIAANETWORKAPPROACH
Propaganda&Recruiting
SocialMedia&AttackPlots“He[Saifullah Saipov]appearstohavefollowed,almostexactlytoa'T,'theinstructionsthatISIShasputoutinitssocialmediachannelsbefore[…]“
CNN,November2017
“FBIandObamaconfirmOmarMateen wasradicalizedontheinternet.”
TheGuardian,June2016
“He[Rachid Kassim]urgeshis300followerstocarryoutwhatprosecutorshavetermed"terrorisme deproximite"(localterrorism).”
BBC,September2016
“Mostyoungterroristrecruitmentislinkedtosocialmedia”
JohnP.Carlin(FormerUSAssistantAttorneyGeneralforNationalSecurity),October2016
DimensionsofSocialMediaUse
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606
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963
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2061
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
SinaWeibo
Tumblr
Qzone
FacebookMessenger
YouTube
WorldwideUsersinMillions(September2017)
Source:Statista
DataChallenges
HOWCANYOUFINDTHENEEDLE(S)INTHISHAYSTACKBUTALSO
PROTECTTHEPRIVACYOFTHEINNOCENT?
Approaches&Solutions
TARGETEDANALYSISStartsfrom“knownbadguys”
Primarilybasedonanetworkapproach
Protectstheprivacyoftheinnocent
Shrinksthehaystackbasedonalgorithms
Goesdeepundertheiceberg
MASSSURVEILLANCECollectsdataoneveryone
Primarilybasedonacontentapproach
Violatestheprivacyoftheinnocent
Createsmoreandbiggerhaystacks
Catchesthetopoftheiceberg
PrivacybyDesign
Conclusion
Propagandaonsocialmediaisabigproblem
Itisusedbyterroristorganizationstorecruit&callforattacks
Itisspreadacrossmanydifferentsocialmediaplatforms
Inmanycasesattackscanbelinkedbacktosocialmediaactivity
Socialmediaisabighaystackandittakesalotoftimeandresourcestosiftthroughit
Atargetedapproachstartswithasmaller,morerelevanthaystack
Algorithmscanboilitdowntothemostimportantindividuals
Andprotecttheprivacyoftheinnocent
ContactKIVU
DanielaKlimpfingerGeospatialAnalystKivuTechnologiesGmbHdaniela@kivu.techwww.kivu.tech
