Why ISIS Is Winning The Online Propaganda War

blottsie writes: The U.S. government has been unable to fight the Islamic State on the one battlefield it currently commands: the Internet. Exemplified by an August 2014 video produced by the State Department, the U.S. remains ineffective at combating violent extremism online. This definitive report by the Daily Dot explores how ISIS succeeds in spreading its message and recruiting new militants and why the U.S. government continues to fail in its efforts to stop ISIS online.