June 26, 2008
Al-Qaeda had been the most media-savvy terrorist group in the world. Sending out regular communiques, that included audio and video. Sometimes, when you are an authoritarian administration, it’s hard to stick to the times. Web 2.0 resources like YouTube and Facebook have not been particularly useful for these terror-techies. Their distribution is a fraction of what they would have hoped. Many of their most popular videos have been given satirical ‘director’s commentary’ by critics of the terrorist network. The free-flow of information has served to undermine many of the agendas of this organization, but the fear is that Arab nations who censor their internet, are allowing Al-Qaeda’s Web 1.0 message to be heard http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/opinion/26kimmage.html

Al-Qaeda had been the most media-savvy terrorist group in the world. Sending out regular communiques, that included audio and video.

Sometimes, when you are an authoritarian administration, it’s hard to stick to the times. Web 2.0 resources like YouTube and Facebook have not been particularly useful for these terror-techies. Their distribution is a fraction of what they would have hoped. Many of their most popular videos have been given satirical ‘director’s commentary’ by critics of the terrorist network.

The free-flow of information has served to undermine many of the agendas of this organization, but the fear is that Arab nations who censor their internet, are allowing Al-Qaeda’s Web 1.0 message to be heard

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/opinion/26kimmage.html