Facebook Restores Anonymous 'Report ISIS' Account Group After Paris Attacks

  • by: Alan Duke

Facebook reversed a decision to suspend a page used by the Anonymous group Red Cult to identify accounts used by ISIS to recruit young terrorists just hours after the Paris attacks.

The "Report ISIS Accounts" group was suspended by Facebook just before the attack, prompting Anonymous to post a YouTube video suggesting the social network did so at the request of the terror group.

Red Cult contends that Facebook and Twitter are major recruiting tools for ISIS. It's #OpISIS project is intended to take down the terror group's social media presence.

Watch the video:

"After our video went viral upon the closure of Facebook to our group, Facebook returned the group back!!" Red Cult said in a message under the video.

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Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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