A Comprehensive Doctrine for an Evolving Threat

Countering Terrorist Use of Social Networks

Bibliographic Data

ID12407481
AuthorsEitan Azani (International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) and BA & MA Specialization in Counter-Terrorism, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel, corresponding author), Nadine Liv (International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel)
Year2018
Volume43
Issue8
Pages728-752
Publication date2018-11-09
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Conflict and Terrorism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1057-610X • E-ISSN: 1521-0731
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1057610x.2018.1494874
OpenAlexW2899600150
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Terrorists are using social media for the mass dissemination of terrorism-supporting messages. Activating the “long arm of the law” mechanism over media corporations, similar to that in the financial sector, will help to eradicate this phenomenon. The article describes the structure of a holistic framework that expands legal liability for the publication of terrorism-supporting content so that it applies to the entire chain of participants facilitating its distribution: the corporation, the platform, the Web-user publishing the content, and the Web-user viewing the content. The article proposes an adaptation of criminal legal tools at the state and international levels, as well as tools from the field of civil law; finally, the article argues that civil society also has the power to generate social change and to shape a mindset that imposes corporate liability on user content

Business · Corporation · Doctrine · Internet privacy · Legal liability · Liability · Mindset · Political science · Public relations · Publishing · Social media · Terrorism · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Engineering · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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