Social Media and Terrorism

Today, terrorism is one of the most significant security risks. The spread of infocommunication technologies (ICT) resulted in new types of challenges. Innovation in ICT tools represents new means that terrorists, law enforcement and armed forces have to face. Some of the actions on different platforms of social media can be included here, which can be considered a challenge for all these organizations trying to adapt to them. Today we cannot talk about cyberterrorists and cyberterrorism, nevertheless this does not mean that terrorists would not use the cyberspace or that this platform would not mean a significant threat. This study aims to examine the correlation between social media and terrorism, including psychological operations and intelligence to several other areas.