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Moustafa Ayad is the Executive Director for Africa, the Middle East and Asia at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), where he monitors and tracks extremist group activity online.

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How Terror Supporters Are Weaponizing Anime Porn on Facebook

HENTAI WARS

These “cyberarmies” battling it out on Facebook are resorting to a bizarre weapon of choice to knock each other down.

Moustafa Ayad | Published Jan 02, 2022

Gen Z’s Alt-Right Declares New Hero: the Taliban

‘CHADLIBAN’

Alt-right and Islamic “akh-right” online communities are coming together in support for the Taliban.

Moustafa Ayad | Published Aug 20, 2021

Trump’s Favorite Dictator Fueling New Pro-Hitler Movement

SPREADING THE WORD

Admins on the Nazi Facebook pages and Telegram channels say they are linked to the Egyptian Army—one says he was “an officer in [President] al-Sisi’s military intelligence.”

Moustafa Ayad | Published Aug 11, 2021

ISIS Fans Are Using Drake Memes to Galvanize New Recruits

BIZZARE

The next generation of ISIS supporters is turning to Facebook and American pop culture memes to entice new recruits as attacks around the world surge.

Michael Weiss, Moustafa Ayad | Published Mar 05, 2021

ISIS Is Setting Up Fake Social Justice Accounts on Facebook

HACKS

The jihadist group’s attempts to mimic Russian social media interference in American politics is painfully obvious—for now.

Michael Weiss, Moustafa Ayad | Published Jul 22, 2020

Al Qaeda’s Master Terrorists Are Still on Facebook

FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

Facebook and YouTube say they have scrubbed tens of thousands of violent extremists posts. But we found 105 from the most dangerous preachers of jihadist terror.

Michael Weiss, Moustafa Ayad | Published Jun 27, 2019

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