US government launches cyber guerrilla campaign against ISIS
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The US government is beginning a campaign to “win the war of ideas by ridiculing the militants with a mixture of blunt language and sarcasm.”
Speaking to AFP, a senior US State Department official described the strategy as a “cyber guerrilla campaign”.
The source said: “It is not a panacea, it is not a silver bullet. People exaggerate, people think this is worthless or they think it a magic thing that will make the extremists surrender. It is neither one of those. It is slow, steady, daily engagement pushing back on a daily basis.
“It is a war of thousands of skirmishes, but no big battles. America likes big battles but it is not – it is like guerrilla warfare.”
The US government has been engaging in this type of campaign for some time, but only recently established a new Facebook page with a mission to “expose the facts about terrorists and their propaganda. Don’t be misled by those who break up families and destroy their true heritage.”
