Why the internet is not increasing terrorism/ David C. Benson
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Security studies Vol.23, No 2, April-June 2014, pp.293-328 (118) Summary: Policymakers and scholars fear that the Internet has increased the ability to transnational terrorists, like al Qaeda, to attack targets in the West, even in the face of increased policing and military efforts. Although access to the Internet has increased across the globe, there has been no corresponding increase in completed transnational terrorist attacks. This analysis examines the causal logics - which have led to the conventional wisdom - and demonstrates both theoretically and empirically that the Internet is not a force multiplier for transnational terrorist organizations. Far from being at a disadvantage on the Internet, state security organs actually gain at least as much utility from the Internet as terrorist groups do, meaning that at worst the Internet leaves the state in the same position vis-á-vis terrorist campaigns as it was prior to the internet.
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Policymakers and scholars fear that the Internet has increased the ability to transnational terrorists, like al Qaeda, to attack targets in the West, even in the face of increased policing and military efforts. Although access to the Internet has increased across the globe, there has been no corresponding increase in completed transnational terrorist attacks. This analysis examines the causal logics - which have led to the conventional wisdom - and demonstrates both theoretically and empirically that the Internet is not a force multiplier for transnational terrorist organizations. Far from being at a disadvantage on the Internet, state security organs actually gain at least as much utility from the Internet as terrorist groups do, meaning that at worst the Internet leaves the state in the same position vis-á-vis terrorist campaigns as it was prior to the internet.
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