International Cooperation in Combating the Recruitment of "Ione Wolves" on Social Media

• Published in: مجلة جامعة الأنبار للعلوم الإنسانية
• Main Author: Ramzi Odeh
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: University of Anbar 2020-06-01
• Subjects: lone wolves; social media sites; cyber terrorism; international cooperation
• Online Access: https://juah.uoanbar.edu.iq/article_171136_395a6119f5e8a7058e91a37a62852fc4.pdf

Abstract According to the large development in the use of social media sites and its wide spread among segments of society and large groups of people, especially young people, many extremist groups have used these sites to recruit terrorists and push them to carry out terrorist activities within their countries. This growing phenomenon is known as the phenomenon of lone wolves through social media sites. Hence, this paper aims to identify and investigate the methods for global collaboration in a particular territory of cybersecurity, specifically countering the recruitment of lone wolves through social media sites. As international regulation is still limited to the development of a set of rules, regulations and agreements against the recruitment of lone wolves. Indeed, this study, through using of analytical qualitative approach, concluded that the phenomenon of the recruitment of lone wolves is a transnational phenomenon that cannot be contained without creating agreed rules of international action; in order to combat the spread of this phenomenon through social networking sites. The study also found out that the capabilities of many countriesin the field of combating the recruitment of lone wolves is relatively weak due to the weakness of the expertise and technological capabilities of cybersecurity in its security firms, which are usually expensive, complex and intertwined. The study recommended the importance of establishing an "electronic army" by state and not only technical units, which is equipped with the latest technology and equipment and able to monitor SPAM and recruitment of terrorists.