"Islamic State" launched its mobile application

Vocativ has discovered a new mobile app for Android phones that helps Islamic State supporters follow terrorist news.

The app was created by Amaq, an agency linked to the Islamic State. Through the Islamic State app, the user can view exclusive video reports of terrorists from areas under their control, as well as terrorist ground operations in Iraq and Syria.

You cannot download this application through the Google Play Store; you need to install special files on your phone manually. The app was easy to use and easy to access. On Twitter alone, Vocativ journalists found at least 40 posts from Islamic State supporters with links to download the app.

Thanks to the Android application, terrorists spread their propaganda and communicate more effectively. Social networks like Twitter and Telegram are also used by the Islamic State for communication and propaganda, but they are often caught and closed there. According to hackers from Anonymous, in the last week alone they have closed more than 11 thousand accounts associated with the Islamic State. Telegram also said it had eliminated 78 terrorist accounts this month.

Amaq is not an official media service of the Islamic State, but Vocative discovered that it produced exclusive videos showing Palmyra in Syria and Ramadi in Iraq after the cities were captured by the Islamic State.

Forum reported that Internet users Have begun war with the "Islamic state" active photoshop. Users of social networks replaced the heads of terrorists on the heads of rubber ducks.

Previously "Islamic State" promulgated A new propaganda video in which militants have declared 60 countries of the world their enemies. The video appeared on the Web in four languages ​​- English, Russian, French and Turkish.

After terrorist acts in Paris was published video in which the militants threatened to blow up the US White House, sending suicide bombers and cars filled with explosives there. In the video, the terrorists warned that the attacks launched in Paris would be continued in Washington.