The Centre for Social Cohesion and the Henry Jackson Society today co-hosted a seminar in the House of Commons, which was delivered by Daniel Kimmage of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty.
A variety of MPs, think tank experts, journalists and opinion formers gathered to hear Kimmage present his recent report entitled 'The Al-Qaeda Media Nexus', which analysed the ways in which al-Qaeda are using the internet.
Kimmage described how the internet was the main forum for promoting al-Qaeda's ideology globally, and how the network behind them operated. He went on to provide evidence of how al-Qaeda has developed a media production and distribution branch to help spread their message.
Kimmage did however point out that whereas al-Qaeda was once visionary in their use of technology, they are now somewhat "behind the curve", with much of their internet output lacking the interactivity the likes of Facebook and YouTube provide.
He concluded by saying that the freer and more empowered that internet networks become, the more al-Qaeda will be undermined, as open dialogue and conversation online could help to discredit their ideology.
The event tied in with the imminent release of The Centre for Social Cohesion's report on extremism on the internet in Britain, entitled 'Virtual Caliphate: Islamic Extremists and their Websites'.
Hi,
When will "Virtual Caliphate: Islamic Extremists and their Websites" be published please?
Thanks.