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  2025-06-12

  Extremist group wages digital war for young minds amid global crackdown

  There has been visible progress in the fight to curb al-Qaeda's online activity as countries train cyber officers to protect their digital spaces.

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  2025-06-11

  Extremist group shifts recruitment to cyberspace after real-world setbacks

  Al-Qaeda has been targeting vulnerable youth using social media propaganda campaigns, exploiting poverty and religious sentiments.

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  2025-05-24

  ISIS shifts focus to Africa as Middle East influence wanes

  After losing ground in the Middle East, the group changed its focus, highlighting the operations of its affiliates across Africa.

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  2025-05-23

  ISIS's media decline mirrors its battlefield and leadership losses

  The extremist group, which once dominated social media with its slick propaganda, has seen its digital presence crumble as its influence declines.

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  2024-12-02

  ISIS-K's online presence weakens under global crackdown

  ISIS-K sees sharp drop in social media influence amid global crackdown, as the group's tactics backfire and alienate even its own supporters.

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  2023-07-12

  Facebook says China trolls adopting new tactics in quest to sow discord overseas

  Chinese Facebook accounts were increasingly trying to influence public opinion by targeting journalists, charities and public relations firms.

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  2023-05-05

  Meta takes down China-based networks sowing disinformation around the world

  China-based disinformation is evolving 'with new threat actors, novel geographic targeting and new adversarial tactics', the report said.

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  2022-09-30

  China making inroads, building influence through media manipulation

  Controlling the narrative on China is a strategic priority for Beijing as it seeks to build up its political, military and economic influence in the Middle East, Central Asia and beyond, research shows.

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  2022-07-15

  China seen manipulating array of online platforms to spread propaganda

  China is using Google, Bing, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and more to disseminate narratives aimed at weakening democratic institutions and to spread propaganda to audiences around the world.

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  2022-02-10

  News outlets in Kunduz face closures as officials stonewall and female journalists flee

  As many as 100 female reporters in the province have lost their jobs since the fall of the previous government in August.