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Final Note

ISIS supporters have about 46,000 accounts on Twitter

Kai Ryssdal Mar 6, 2015
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Final Note

ISIS supporters have about 46,000 accounts on Twitter

Kai Ryssdal Mar 6, 2015
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According to a paper from the Brookings Institution, there are about 46,000 Twitter accounts out there being used by ISIS supporters.

And they’re pretty active, too.

Those accounts had an average of a thousand followers each, which is way higher than your average non-ISIS-related Twitter user.

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