Kenya - A barrage of social media Tweets taunted the Kenyan military while justifying the gruesome massacre, threatens more bloodshed, according to CBS News.
The US based security analysts confirmed that they continue to monitor, and Twitter had terminated the account 5 times already. Unfortunately, another Al-Shabab Feed started to broadcast linking photos of the said attackers in an attempt to mock security forces.
One news article of Associated Press on J.M Berger, a terrorist analyst who monitors the groups social media activities said;
"The person who runs their Twitter account has obviously invested a lot of energy in the process of grabbing headlines, and for Al-Shabab, the account allows them to amplify the message that they wish to send with the attack itself,"
Al-Shabab apparently has been very active on-line tweeting comments after comments in real time, including the recent attacks, and Somali President's attempted assassination. The said tweets are aimed towards the international community, with a context to give the militant Islamic full control of Somalia.
Despite the efforts of Berger to close the Twitter account for violating the Social Media's terms of service, a hash-tag of #Westgate feed opened, and was broadcasted to news media. The continued barrage of offensive tweets had led to a speculation that "it was a propaganda to divide Kenyans".
The Washington-based SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist websites, said al-Shabab had been closed down as Twitter's Terms of Service prohibits "direct, specific threats of violence against others."
Why Social Media?
Analysts said, Al-Shabab is a more aggressive public organization (CBS).
Gartenstein Ross said, "People need to become more discriminating about their social media sources. It's not like there's a natural right to having a Twitter feed again. When you become a mass murderer, you forsake some rights. Perhaps having a Twitter feed is one of those," he said.
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