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Isis video targets Twitter and Facebook CEOs over suspended accounts

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;x-large&semi;color&colon;&num;210303&semi;"><i><strong>&&num;8216&semi;Threats from the terrorist group are part of &&num;8220&semi;everyday life&&num;8221&semi;&comma; Twitter says&comma; following the companies’ attempts to block terrorist content on social media&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong> <&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Islamic State has released a 25-minute video featuring the faces of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg being riddled with mock bullet holes&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Isis has begun to respond with increasing urgency as Facebook and Twitter have attempted to block terrorist content on the network&period; Representatives from both companies were among those who met senior White House officials in January to discuss how to deal with terrorism online&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;guim&period;co&period;uk&sol;img&sol;media&sol;918326e8118c091b2e878ef4dd730bf20ce34ecd&sol;0&lowbar;129&lowbar;3000&lowbar;1800&sol;master&sol;3000&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;620&amp&semi;q&equals;85&amp&semi;auto&equals;format&amp&semi;sharp&equals;10&amp&semi;s&equals;2bceac94bacb14ec49fe32f5fb842a95" alt&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;guim&period;co&period;uk&sol;img&sol;media&sol;918326e8118c091b2e878ef4dd730bf20ce34ecd&sol;0&lowbar;129&lowbar;3000&lowbar;1800&sol;master&sol;3000&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;620&amp&semi;q&equals;85&amp&semi;auto&equals;format&amp&semi;sharp&equals;10&amp&semi;s&equals;2bceac94bacb14ec49fe32f5fb842a95" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"384" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"font-size&colon;x-small&semi;"><i> Photo&colon; Bill Pugliano&sol;Getty Images <&sol;i><&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;<b>Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey&period; A spokesperson for Twitter said these kind of threats happen &OpenCurlyQuote;all the time’&period; Photograph&colon; Bill Pugliano&sol;Getty Images <&sol;b><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>During the latest video&comma; overwritten text proclaims&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If you close one account we will take 10 in return and soon your names will be erased after we delete you &lbrack;sic&rsqb; sites&comma; Allah willing&comma; and will know that we say is true”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the video the terrorists claim they control more than 10&comma;000 Facebook accounts&comma; 150 Facebook groups and 5&comma;000 Twitter profiles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;guim&period;co&period;uk&sol;img&sol;media&sol;3a9c6c400442088d4b4d37d37eb01dd3097ec943&sol;105&lowbar;0&lowbar;1861&lowbar;1117&sol;master&sol;1861&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;620&amp&semi;q&equals;85&amp&semi;auto&equals;format&amp&semi;sharp&equals;10&amp&semi;s&equals;a3fcc786874832d857b5fe3c77d37c3a" alt&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;guim&period;co&period;uk&sol;img&sol;media&sol;3a9c6c400442088d4b4d37d37eb01dd3097ec943&sol;105&lowbar;0&lowbar;1861&lowbar;1117&sol;master&sol;1861&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;620&amp&semi;q&equals;85&amp&semi;auto&equals;format&amp&semi;sharp&equals;10&amp&semi;s&equals;a3fcc786874832d857b5fe3c77d37c3a" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"font-size&colon;x-small&semi;"><i>Photo&colon; Mirror <&sol;i><&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"font-size&colon;x-small&semi;"><b>A screengrab from the video which singled out Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg&period; <&sol;b><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A Twitter spokesperson said the company wouldn’t be releasing any response&comma; mostly because these threats are now so common&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It just happens all the time&comma;” the spokesperson said&period; All the time&quest; With Dorsey’s face&quest;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All the time&comma;” the spokesperson confirmed&period; Isn’t that a little scary&quest;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Welcome to our everyday life&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The spokesperson declined to detail exactly how many threats the company has received&comma; though the video seemed to specifically be targeting Twitter for closing Isis related accounts&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You announce daily that you suspend many of our accounts&comma;” the text reads&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And to you we say&colon; Is that all you can do&quest; You are not in our league&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Officer Wilson Ng from the San Francisco police department said he wasn’t aware of any &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;credible threats” against Twitter HQ&comma; yet what is more remarkable is how unremarkable these threats have become&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"tonal&lowbar;&lowbar;standfirst u-cf"><&sol;div>&NewLine;

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