Terrorism and the Internet
As you have learned throughout the course thus far, the world is just beginning to experience terrorist organizations’ usage of the Internet and social media. This new vanguard for terrorist recruitment, information dissemination, and even target planning and calls to action, require inventive and new methods to gain intelligence, identify terrorist organization members, and to ultimately thwart terrorist activities. The legal issues and investigative techniques for such defensive actions are just beginning to take shape.
Prepare a paper consisting of three to five pages (750 to 1250 words) analyzing the ways in which terrorist organizations utilize the Internet to advance their purposes.
Examine how police and international agencies can use social media to monitor terrorists’ activities and thwart terrorist acts.
Predict ways in which terrorist organizations may use the Internet and social media platforms in the future to advance their movements and/or causes.
Anticipate legal issues that will arise with new, terrorist uses of the Internet and social media.
