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Some of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) online recruitment propaganda. Asharq Al-Awsat)

Opinion: Blocking Twitter is not the solution

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 12, 2015 | Opinion

Many counterterror experts believe they have pinpointed the source of the problem when it comes to terrorism and extremism. They believe social media networks are to blame because they play a hand in inciting extremism and help with the recruitment of militants. Some...

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This file photo taken on July 20, 2009 in Paris, France, shows the front page of Twitter, a leading Internet microblogging site. (AFP Photo/Loic Venance)

Opinion: Western governments can curb online extremism

by Salman Al-dossary | Feb 23, 2015 | Opinion

These days all someone needs to transform themselves into a bona fide terrorist is an iPhone and an Internet connection. If you’re in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, say, within two days you can be in Raqqa, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) stronghold in...

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Nida Allam, a senior at North Carolina State University, rests her head on Asheen Allam, during a vigil for three people who were killed at a condominium near UNC-Chapel Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Craig Stephen Hicks appeared in court Wednesday on charges of first-degree murder in the deaths Tuesday of […]

Opinion: #MuslimLivesMatter

by Diana Moukalled | Feb 16, 2015 | Opinion

Last week, a hashtag on Twitter was able to embarrass the entire US media. Users of the social media website from around the world used #MuslimLivesMatter to express their anger at the US media for not picking up on the story of three young Muslims in North...

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Monitors display a news program at an electronics shop in Seoul, South Korea, showing a local newspaper with a photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, on October 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Opinion: Media Wars

by Ali Ibrahim | Dec 24, 2014 | Opinion

The media wars in the Arab world that erupted before and after the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings are well-known to ordinary people who switch between Arab and international news channels in order to familiarize themselves with the different points of view or angles of...

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The Facebook logo is pictured at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California January 29, 2013. (REUTERS/Robert Galbraith)

Opinion: Israel’s Facebook Panic

by Diana Moukalled | Dec 9, 2014 | Opinion

About a decade ago, the well-known Israeli novelist David Grossman described Israeli society as being in a perpetual fit of panic. Behind all of the manifestations of oppression and force Israel is employing against the Palestinians—from evictions and killings to...