Continuance of Online Terrorism

I've been spending more of my free time doing sort what I did while in the Army. Gathering intelligence. I've done what my enemy does and created sleepers within their community to find and collect information and to discern disinformation from that which is credible. What makes this harder than my previous job is that the enemy speaks far more languages and dialects within them than I have learned. However since many followers within this group share this "inadequacy" there are those within the group that translate into other languages that are readily understood by myself and of course their target audience.

Social Networks and video sharing sites contain pools of knowledge that many overlook. Since the enemy we fight are not united under a specific banner outwardly and are not centrally located it makes them harder to pinpoint while walking around in day to day life. Most do not spout their true beliefs outwardly fearing possible backlash from the authorities. On the aforementioned sites the enemy is free to speak openly about their beliefs and hide behind anonymity. The internet provides a great deal of protection for those who do not wish to be known. I don't begrudge it that afterall I would use it too if it were necessary. The internet does not provide iron clad wall for anonymity, especially for the enemy.

Since the enemy chooses to use the internet for its propaganda, and we do not (and should not) live in a police state, it is necessary for private citizens and private groups to intervene. This is where groups like The Jawa Report, The Youtube Smackdown Corps, and others like them come in. The Jawa Report and its cadre have been doing great work in taking down enemies from within as well as engaging in international cases that led to the conviction of a terrorist in another country. The Smackdown Corps has been exceptionally useful in removing propaganda from youtube. They are alerted or find enemy propaganda and through the help of its members (including yours truly) flag and report said videos. Usually ending in the deletion of the video or the user account.

The citzenry are the militia and are the last line of defense in a shooting war. However in a war like this the citizenry are the first line of defense as they are everywhere and can see everything the trick is opening our eyes.