Opposing Viewpoints on Youth Social Media Banning in the U.S. for the Combatance of Extremist Recruiting: Constitutionality and Societal Implications

• Published in: International journal of cyber warfare and terrorism Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: West, Lindsay A, Martin, Richard V, Perkins, Courtney, Quatel, Jennifer M, Macgregor-Skinner, Gavin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey IGI Global 01.10.2016
• Subjects: Civil rights; Constitutional rights; Digital media; Internet; Mass media effects; Messages; National security; Organizations; Propaganda; Radicalism; Recruiting; Recruitment; Social media; Social networks; Strategy; Teenagers; Terrorism; Terrorist organizations; Youth; Syria

Today, terrorist groups are recruiting, inspiring, and guiding global strategies not just by Internet operations, but through an organized, steady infusion of propaganda videos and call-to-action messages. Most worrisome: increasing evidence that the youth population represents a particularly suscep...