Twitter Loves ISIS

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Last night was the deadliest mass shooting in US history:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-nation-live/liveblog/live-updates-orlando-shooting/

I just read that ISIS & supporters send out over 90,000 tweets a week. They also have countless youtube videos. Youtube has a policy of deleting any video that shows illegal activity, but apparently that does not include torturous ISIS executions.

The question of why someone hasn't sued Twitter yet occurred to me. Earlier this year, someone did:
http://www.fastcompany.com/3055539/...-lawsuit-brought-by-the-woman-widowed-by-isis

And as that article points out, the plaintiff is almost certainly going to lose.

Twitter is a US company, publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange: https://investor.twitterinc.com/

Here are their financials: http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/twtr/financials

Individuals who repeat anything a terrorist says will go to jail, even if they are his attorney: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Stewart
But somehow that doesn't apply to corporations.

The Feds have every right to shut down Twitter, seize their assets, and put someone in jail for running a company that supports terrorism. But that's never going to happen. There's some sweet profits in running the ISIS Communication Network, and this country is ruled by corporate profits. The law, the government, the people...everything else is a secondary concern. We live in the United States of Corporate Profits. and pledge allegiance to the shareholder value for which it stands.
 

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If the Us decides to shut down Twitter, I wold lead the investigation for free. In the scope of my travels in law enforcement cyber investigations let me tell you, they are a nasty toxic beast to deal with. I hate Facebook but have to compliment them on this one. Not so bad for law enforcement but Twitter is Satan.
 

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The world is run by money, laws/morals/etc have nothing to do with it. Additionally, social media is a goldmine of information for information agencies, so why would they shut it down vs. tracking every juicy bit?
 
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