Al Qaida Twitter account bombarded by trolls, gets suspended

An apparent al Qaida Twitter account which asked followers for PR ideas has been suspended after social networkers bombarded it with mocking tweets.

Al Qaida Twitter account bombarded by trolls, gets suspended
Fri, 16 Aug, 2013 - 17:59

An apparent al Qaida Twitter account which asked followers for PR ideas has been suspended after social networkers bombarded it with mocking tweets.

Security analyst JM Berger urged his followers on the site to hijack a hashtag allegedly used by terrorists to canvass suggestions for ā€œmedia opsā€.

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