Donald Trump's insufferable inner circle launched GETTR last month. It is a poorly constructed and half-assed Facebook/Twitter clone. It was previously thought to be a vanity project for a far right, fugitive Chinese billionaire who has a cult-like following.AdvertisementIt was intended to be a place where Trump supporters could meet and have fun, without the censorship of other sites. It was hacked immediately and flooded with porn. According to Politico, it is now flooded with Islamic State propaganda videos and beheading videos.Politico reported that GETTR is filled with graphic videos of executions and viral memes that encourage violence against the West. However, Politico claimed that it has found at least 250 accounts that were involved in spreading such material.A profile photo of an account that featured the Islamic State flag account (using the Arabic acronym for the jihadi movement) was asked "Is Daesh there?" Many people praised the social network for hosting such content, while others answered in the affirmative. Several days after GETTR launched on July 1, Islamic State supporters started urging their followers on other social media networks to sign up for the pro-Trump network. This was in part in an effort to bring the jihadi battle directly to MAGA country... Should this app achieve the expected success, which seems most likely, followers should adopt it and occupy it in order to regain Twitter's glory, may God prevail, wrote one Islamic State account on Facebook on July 6.Another account, referring to the Islamic State, wrote: We will come after you with slayings and explosions, worshippers of Jesus Christ... What a great freedom of expression!Pro-Islamic State content makes up a small portion of the overall content of GETTR. This includes posts by conservative pundits Sean Hannity and neofascist groups such as the Proud Boys group as well as a variety of Trump supporters. It is notable that these accounts were attracted by the site administrators' claims that GETTR was a free-speech forum with little or no moderation. This is something that was evident during the porn incident, and is still being borne out today. Politico reported that many accounts involved in terrorism promotion were not dealt with even though they were informed by Politico.Jason Miller, a former Trump spokesperson, left the ex-presidents' employ to become CEO at GETTR. He claimed to Politico, that Islamic State accounts were on the site to seek revenge against Trump through guilt by association.ISIS wants to attack the MAGA Movement because President Trump destroyed the Caliphate in 18 months. The only ISIS members who are still alive today are keyboard warriors living in caves and eating dirt cookies. Miller stated that ISIS has been trying to attack the MAGA Movement since Trump took them out of existence. Miller said that the site moderation team uses cutting-edge A.I. technology and human moderation.AdvertisementThe Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism is a clearinghouse funded by the industry that shares information on content that promotes terrorism among major players, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Microsoft and Twitter. It is controversial. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights organization, argued that it could limit freedom of expression because it acts as a single database from where much of the internet can be censored. Tech Against Terrorism director Adam Hadley told Politico that much of the material appearing on sites such as GETTR is similar to what is automatically removed from Facebook or Twitter.Even though larger companies have made efforts, extremist groups such as the Islamic State continue to avoid bans and just resume posting from other accounts. Other cases have seen the attention on terrorist content not match for others. For example, Facebook's long-standing decision to ignore violence and far-right rhetoric on Event pages and in Groups has been ignored for years. Extremists have the opportunity to create new soapboxes by using new formats. The Taliban was reported to be present at the Clubhouse audio chat app, which has been criticised for its loose moderation policies.
