The online hacktivist group Anonymous has found a unique way to dilute Islamic State’s online propaganda and dismantle the terrorist group’s presence on social media by making fun of the militants with a Japanese Moe character – the ‘hackers’ have turned the image of the Islamic State from a terrifying rebel group into a harmless teenage girl. Anonymous is asking users to share ISIS-chan on social media to influence Google search results for Islamic state, ISIS, ISIL or Daesh and de-fang the terror outfit.
This is #ISISchan. And she’s a weapon in the war against #ISIS propaganda: http://t.co/A7BB8zsH4x pic.twitter.com/A0zBAU7X6p
— CNN International (@cnni) July 24, 2015
Twitter accounts belonging to users spreading pro-Islamic State ideology and hate messages are being flooded and spammed by images of ISIS-chan, a 19-year-old girl clad in a modified burqa. Instead of committing violence, she uses her knife to cut up melons, her favorite food.
Bonjour #ISISchan ^^ Vous #isis ? Je vous croyais au zoo … Dessine moi un melon ! pic.twitter.com/hdVeR7Weof
— Baptiste (@CADIOU) July 22, 2015
One of the reasons I love Anonymous. Much better than the Government’s CT plans. Brilliant! #ISISchan pic.twitter.com/m1iAivjjJu
— Nick (@hackamp) July 27, 2015
The list of more than 750 Twitter accounts that Anonymous has taken action against was published on the Pastebin website. Top of the list were accounts that had more than 10,000 followers, it said, but many others with smaller numbers of readers were also targeted. Many Twitter accounts have been suspended or shut down as a result of the group’s actions.
Killing people is not OK. #ISISchan is a messenger of peace to all. #ISIS #ISIL #IS #Daesh #knivesareforcuttingmelon pic.twitter.com/VV2500nL3p
— Gen Knoxx (@GenKnoxx) July 27, 2015
Twitter Go After ISIS with Anime Girls | #ISISchan http://t.co/nAMXJGZZPn pic.twitter.com/eo9LSgfGvu
— 魔人 nuro vega (@dubhe0ne) July 23, 2015
I find this whole #ISISchan @isisvipper thing extremely intriguing… pic.twitter.com/PtXFHLLUwV
— Bonni Rambatan (@bonni07) July 23, 2015
This is how the Japanese social media is helping the fight against ISIS: With ISIS-chan! http://t.co/KSWNJDb9XR pic.twitter.com/4SNzcA1G03
— SGcafe (@sgcafe) July 23, 2015
Killing them with cuteness: the origins of Anonymous’ ISIS-Chan http://t.co/uaqMIUrbrc pic.twitter.com/Dt9tAgUf2j
— Hopes And Fears (@hopesandfearshq) July 22, 2015
الناس ما تفهم أن الموي مهم لدرجة أنه يستعمل لمحاربة داعش في الإنترنت #ISISchan #ISISちゃん #الدولة_الإسلامية_تشان pic.twitter.com/2Z3WsYc7yK
— Alex (@Alex_Swak) July 22, 2015
アイシスちゃん画像フォルダーが火を噴くぜ #ISISちゃん #ISISchan #ISIS_chan #ISISイラスト化祭り pic.twitter.com/3ZpPaH2jZ5
— gotoASK(PSO2:Ship8) (@gotoASK) July 22, 2015
荒ぶるメロンバーの図。完全にファンネルです。 この2枚目のほうは、何故か外人受けが良かった印象。 頑な、強い意思を感じるISISちゃんも可愛い。 #ISISちゃん #ISISchan #ISIS #IslamicState pic.twitter.com/29sbASQClN
— 加藤隆明 (@LUDLUF3) July 21, 2015
メロンの皮むき? Paring a Melon http://t.co/47PAAkj0yf#knivesareforcuttingmelon#ISISちゃん#ISISchan#ISIS#داعشpic.twitter.com/0s7Tv4WaaP
— cusois (@cusois) July 9, 2015
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brilliant love what you guys do
Great idea! Keep up the good work!
isis is not islam
yea true. im muslim, and i will be participating in this anti-isis propaganda.
because you know…fuck isis
I feel that this further stop the current support for Isis I do also believe it could enrage the radicals and cause retaliation and innocent causalities
Nick, ISIS will retaliate/kill innocence REGARDLESS of what is being done. This is why the actions of Anonymous and other are so important to counter their influence of supposed glory. They will kill innocents no matter what. The only way they will be stopped is if the global community takes action. AS Anons world wide are starting to do. This is a good start. be deamning their “Cool” factor that sucks in those that feel they dont fit in to their local society. This is a perfect alternative to that…
“De-meaning” *
#ISISちゃん、FTW!!!
Awesome! Nice job Anonymous! Creating an anime isis character to dilloute the isis internet dominion! The first step in tearing ISIS apart!