Organisation
Center for Cyber & Homeland Security (GWU)
Report
Nazis vs. ISIS on Twitter: a comparative study of white nationalist and ISIS online social media networks
Introduction This study examines and compares the use of Twitter by white nationalists, Nazi sympathizers, and ISIS supporters respectively, providing some preliminary comparisons of how each movement uses the platform. Major findings include: 1. Major American white nationalist movements on Twitter added about 22,000 followers since 2012, an increase of about 600%. The increase was...