They found that suspensions did have an impact on replies and retweets and overall dissemination. https://t.co/G12JUYtuzK
1. (THREAD) So, it seems like the deplatforming debate is once again kicking off, so I thought I would introduce some of the earlier work that was done in this area back when ISIS was buck wild on social media. What have we learned over the last six years might be useful today:
They found that suspensions did have an impact on replies and retweets and overall dissemination. https://t.co/G12JUYtuzK
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You can read my thoughts on the Islamic State’s online community here: https://t.co/1qSfLBNkyf
Elizabeth pearson has also discussed this issue here: https://t.co/Yloq6pHVQJ
1. NEW by me, @ShirazMaher, and @charliewinter for @crest_research.
— Amarnath Amarasingam (@AmarAmarasingam) January 8, 2021
Anyone paying to ISIS channels on Telegram in 2019 noticed something strange in late November: they started to disappear en masse. We decided to take a closer look at the data. https://t.co/ZG13ppBJxO pic.twitter.com/WaOj5YVGNn