http://english.alarabiya.net/en/med...ttle-through-psychological-media-warfare.html
The Iraqi operation to liberate the nation’s second largest city, Mosul, from the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has coincided with the restoration of dozens of the blocked accounts of ISIS supporters and followers.
ISIS regained access to these accounts after a large campaign waged by companies providing internet services to ban all extremist accounts, ever since the international coalition media war on ISIS began.
Despite all the questions raised regarding the sudden lift of the ban and how they managed to circumvent it and resume their propaganda, ISIS was afraid of a media coup would target them.
A statement was issued on an account affiliated to ISIS saying: “By the way, the Internet and all communication networks in Mosul are down. This is the media battle my brothers.”
Another account under the name of “Dragnov of the State” stated: “All the data and clashes reported in Mosul are not accurate. News channels did not know what was going on as their correspondents could only see the booby-traps flames.”
Dozens of fake accounts and pages were launched in the framework of the so-called “media battle in Mosul” under the slogan “journalists for the caliphate, journalists everywhere”. This campaign aims to strike back the statement against ISIS: “The lies of the media machines trying in vain to spread (rumors) about their victory against the mujahedeen to undermine their faith.”
(The old Hearts and Minds ... or "when you've got them by the ...")
The Iraqi operation to liberate the nation’s second largest city, Mosul, from the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has coincided with the restoration of dozens of the blocked accounts of ISIS supporters and followers.
ISIS regained access to these accounts after a large campaign waged by companies providing internet services to ban all extremist accounts, ever since the international coalition media war on ISIS began.
Despite all the questions raised regarding the sudden lift of the ban and how they managed to circumvent it and resume their propaganda, ISIS was afraid of a media coup would target them.
A statement was issued on an account affiliated to ISIS saying: “By the way, the Internet and all communication networks in Mosul are down. This is the media battle my brothers.”
Another account under the name of “Dragnov of the State” stated: “All the data and clashes reported in Mosul are not accurate. News channels did not know what was going on as their correspondents could only see the booby-traps flames.”
Dozens of fake accounts and pages were launched in the framework of the so-called “media battle in Mosul” under the slogan “journalists for the caliphate, journalists everywhere”. This campaign aims to strike back the statement against ISIS: “The lies of the media machines trying in vain to spread (rumors) about their victory against the mujahedeen to undermine their faith.”
(The old Hearts and Minds ... or "when you've got them by the ...")
