TAMING TWITTER TERRORISM
Combating the Asymmetry of Social Media
Declaration
of
Open Government
July 2010
… three key principles:
•
Informing
•
Engaging
•
Participating
Mark Twain
Andrea Di Maio
The aim of the war is to gain the
support of the population rather
than control of territory
David Galula
Don’t hide behind the walls
of your Facebook site
Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland Police Service
Twitter – 15th July 2006
Facebook – 26th September 2006
The strategic corporal leadership in complex, rapidly
evolving environments
devolves lower and lower down
the chain of command …
The three ‘Fs’ of dealing with
provocation:
• Facts
• Fences
• Forget
Campaign on Twitter,
Govern in Prose
Followers don’t necessarily mean success
Measurement in social media isn’t all it
seems
AGIMO Blog
Effective and efficient use of ICT
• Don’t sit behind the walls
• Give them what they want
• Trust & involve your staff
• Facts, fences & forgetting
• If you cut out the middle man, don’t forget
the translation
• Use the right tools
• Don’t just count the bodies
• Plan and monitor
TAMING TWITTER TERRORISM
Questions
Photo Credits – all downloaded 28 Aug 11
AK-47 - https://southasiarev.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/india-reactionary-military-units-formed-to-combat-maoists/
Declaration of Independence - http://faculty.isi.org/catalog/resource/view/id/555
Mark Twain - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MarkTwain.LOC.jpg
Andrea Di Maio - http://egovasia.enterpriseinnovation.net/content/making-government-portals-relevant
Tanks - http://missiledefense.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/russia-to-spend-730-billion-on-new-weapons/
Kilcullen Book - http://www.scribepublications.com.au/book/counterinsurgency
Fort - http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/05/for-t-no-4-at-charlestown-new-hampshire.html - modified to change colour and add Facebook flag and red “banned” graphics
Social Network Poster - http://www.impawards.com/2010/social_network.html
Corporal - http://www.defence.gov.au/op/eastTimor/gallery/2010/20101117/20101102adf8208246_032_lo.jpg
Keep Calm - http://katie73.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/dont-feed-the-trolls/
Vietnam War - http://cfurf87145.blogspot.com/2011/05/chapter-12-vietnam-war.html
Obama - http://socialaxcess.com/2011/06/24/barack-obama-wrote-this-tweet-himself-bo/