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MANILA, Philippines – In the battle for hearts and minds online, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has one less social network through which it can recruit new members.
Mashable reports that VKontakte, the Russian social network with 260 million members, has begun a crackdown on ISIS-related or ISIS-supporting accounts.
George Lobushkin, a spokesperson with VKontakte, said, “We are shutting down all communities and personal accounts that promote ISIS and have been found by our moderators or reported by users.”
The move by the Russian social network follows initiatives by Twitter and Facebook to clamp down on ISIS accounts.
VKontakte has so far blocked at least 62 ISIS-related pages. – Rappler.com
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