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ISIS Make Direct Threat Against Mark Zuckerberg

A video released by ISIS shows the terrorist group making direct threats against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for their stance in combating extremism on their social media platforms.  The 25-minute video was released by “the sons of the Caliphate army”, and shows photographs of both Zuckerberg and Dorsey being targeted by bullets. USAtoday.com reports: The video was spotted by Vocativdeep web analysts on the social media service Telegram, which is used by ISIS. The extremist group says it’s responding to growing efforts by Facebook and Twitter to suspend accounts and remove posts that the social media services say incite violence and promote terrorism. The video shows hackers changing profile accounts and posting Islamic State propaganda. They allege they hacked more than 10,000 Facebook accounts, more than 150 Facebook groups and more than 5,000 Twitter profiles. “Many of these accounts have been given to supporters,” the video says. Twitter declined to comment. Facebook could not be reached for comment. Internet companies are under growing pressure to more effectively police the presence of the extremist group  in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris and in San Bernardino County. The Islamic State — also known as ISIL or ISIS — use popular Internet services such as Twitter and Facebook to [...]