Moustafa Ayad

Moustafa Ayad is the Executive Director for Africa, the Middle East and Asia at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), where he monitors and tracks extremist group activity online.

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HENTAI WARS

How Terror Supporters Are Weaponizing Anime Porn on Facebook

These “cyberarmies” battling it out on Facebook are resorting to a bizarre weapon of choice to knock each other down.

Moustafa Ayad

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‘CHADLIBAN’

Gen Z’s Alt-Right Declares New Hero: the Taliban

Alt-right and Islamic “akh-right” online communities are coming together in support for the Taliban.

Moustafa Ayad

SPREADING THE WORD

Trump’s Favorite Dictator Fueling New Pro-Hitler Movement

Admins on the Nazi Facebook pages and Telegram channels say they are linked to the Egyptian Army—one says he was “an officer in [President] al-Sisi’s military intelligence.”

Moustafa Ayad

BIZZARE

ISIS Fans Are Using Drake Memes to Galvanize New Recruits

The next generation of ISIS supporters is turning to Facebook and American pop culture memes to entice new recruits as attacks around the world surge.

Michael Weiss

HACKS

ISIS Is Setting Up Fake Social Justice Accounts on Facebook

The jihadist group’s attempts to mimic Russian social media interference in American politics is painfully obvious—for now.

Michael Weiss

How Terror Supporters Are Weaponizing Anime Porn on Facebook

Gen Z’s Alt-Right Declares New Hero: the Taliban

Trump’s Favorite Dictator Fueling New Pro-Hitler Movement

ISIS Fans Are Using Drake Memes to Galvanize New Recruits

ISIS Is Setting Up Fake Social Justice Accounts on Facebook

Al Qaeda’s Master Terrorists Are Still on Facebook