Whoops: ISIS Backers Reveal Location on Instagram

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So much for Islamic State’s reputation for being media savvy. It turns out that hundreds of the group’s supporters took to Instagram in recent weeks to spread their message of terror—along with the locations from where they uploaded their photos and videos.

According to the Daily Beast, researchers analyzed thousands of Instagram accounts with ISIS-related content and discovered more than 500 stories, and 290 accounts, contained information location. The accounts appear to be primarily in Europe: For instance:

One [account screenshot showed a pro-Islamic State user on the outskirts of a city in northern Italy. In a photo the apparent user is posing with several friends, making the iconic single-finger gesture linked to the Islamic State to the camera. – READ MORE

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