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We all do it.
You open Instagram or TikTok, and before you know it, you have wasted hours watching cats or other people's lives.
Documenting their daily routines, whether it's eating out in a cafe or in a public place.
But some influencer content comes with a catch, a subtle nod to something darker.
It's those indications where they use a pro-IS hashtag, a particular IS Nasheed,
and that signals to others on the platform that they are part of the IS group.
These aren't isolated cases.
It appears to be a network of supporters shaping a social media trend of their own.
A move away from direct operational instructions to do-it-yourself jihad,
where they are outsourcing, pushing as much material as they can and constant incitement, constant messaging.
To avoid detection by the platforms, they've learned the art of disguise.
There's obfuscation.
The front page will be an image of nature or something very innocuous.
But when you click on it, it's a manual for bomb making.
Once they are unmasked, the game of whack-a-mole begins.
It's cat and mouse relationship where these platforms are chasing these accounts, trying to suspend them,