Following the attack at Crocus City Hall outside of Moscow, Islamic State’s Amaq ‘news agency’ released a video of the attack. ISD tracked how this bodycam-like footage made its way from Telegram and Islamic State forums onto X where it reached 59.9 million views in 48 hours.
ISD’s Moustafa Ayad and Tim Squirrell analyse how X became an epicenter for the spread of terrorist content in the wake of the attack, hosting content that is not only illegal in most jurisdictions but also violates X’s own Rules on Perpetrators of Violent Attacks. Read the analysis here.
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