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by coffeecheque 3900 days ago
I'm not sure if the article been updated since you had a look, but the first line of the article refers to the Jihadist group as the "so-called Islamic State".

Also I think there is a public interest in knowing that Daesh is apparently switching communication platforms. If there's been an effort to reduce/remove Daesh from Twitter, why couldn't there be a similar strategy with Telegram?

You seem to be advocating the security-by-obscurity line, in regards to propaganda. It's out there, and if people want to find it, they don't need to look far.
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jkot 3900 days ago
'So called' disclaimer is on almost every BBC article. But it is media like BBC who spread this name in first place.

Compare IS with 'Kurdistan'. It is a 'state' somehow similar to IS, but it gets completely different treatment.

And they gave step by step manual: Go to app store, install Telegram, search IS channel.

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gaius 3900 days ago
In the Falklands war, the BBC broadcast that the Argentine air force were setting their bomb fuses wrong and their bombs weren't exploding when they hit British ships, and also pre-announced the attack on Goose Green. They're well known for playing both sides against the middle.
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arethuza 3900 days ago
I have read that the Goose Green incident was actually caused by a MoD official releasing something too early - they were just passing on the message.

The thing about the bomb fuses was a horrendous mistake “six better fuses and we would have lost” - particularly as there was nothing wrong with the fuses and the Argentinians could have easily fixed this by a simple adjustment.

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KaiserPro 3900 days ago
youre not going to destroy Daesh by forcing them to move communications medium to their tenuous followers.

They currently have excellent source or arms, money, people and land. The only way to stop them is to deprive them of resources, just like any other war.

There is nothing different about daesh. They live, breath, fight and bleed just like any other. They only real difference is that the western media appear to be hell bent on giving them as much airtime as possible.

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