Disrupting ISIS Recruitment Online
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Institute
4.7 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2016
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
On September 7, the Brookings Institution convened a discussion on a pilot program to disrupt online ISIS recruitment spearheaded by Jigsaw, a technology think tank run by Alphabet. Yasmin Green, Jigsaw's Head of Research and Development, presented the organization's new "Redirect Method," which uses online advertisements to reach out to those who might be susceptible to ISIS propaganda. Will McCants of Brookings spoke about the initiative with Green, Ross Frenett of Moonshot CVE, and Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel.
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| 0:29.0 | We were really trying to give these individuals answers to their questions. |
| 0:39.0 | So, just a quick anecdote. |
| 0:42.0 | I spoke to a girl in the UK who tried to go to the Islamic State when she was 13. |
| 0:49.0 | And when I was asking her about her impression, she said, |
| 0:52.0 | well, I thought I was going to join the Islamic Disney World. |
| 0:56.0 | And I said, what about the headings and the sex slaves and the other stories? |
| 1:02.0 | And she said, well, I was looking online. |
| 1:04.0 | I didn't look at any of that. |
| 1:06.0 | She kept saying, you know, and I kept probing her thinking that she realized that that's ignorant. |
| 1:10.0 | And that's not a good thing. |
| 1:11.0 | That was not an acceptable answer. |
| 1:13.0 | She kept saying, I just looked at the stuff I like. |
| 1:15.0 | I just looked at the stuff I like. |
| 1:16.0 | And it really drove home. |
| 1:17.0 | That's how we all operate. |
| 1:19.0 | We just look for the stuff we like online offline. |
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