Initially, when social media first came into play, it was for individuals to be able to communicate, create videos, and post pictures, in a positive way. It has become evident that a negative cloud has come over social media. Terrorists has been able to recruit, they can vocalize their frustrations (whether there is a legitimate cause or not), the purpose of their propaganda, and they are also able to fundraise and train. Now people are able to build bombs by watching videos using social …show more content…
Tweets are censored in certain countries, so there won’t risks taken by breaking local laws of that country. The demand for specific videos from YouTube has grown since 2010. YouTube has pulled terrorist group content from its server. However, they added an option under their “violent and repulsive content” titled “promote terrorism”. Although terrorist groups can still post, anyone viewing the video can have it ‘flagged’ as offensive content. It seems that some social media networks are responding to concerns regarding the negative impact that it brings, but, what is implemented is not enough. I think there should be a more direct approach. Although it may be tedious, I believe that something should be in place before videos can even be seen by even one