Al-Qaeda’s Activities on the Internet: Forms, Types and Tools

The article is devoted to the analysis of media content one largest international terrorist organizations - Al-Qaeda in context strengthening terrorism modern globalized world. Researchers state that, like Islamic State (IS), relied on effective use social its activities: recruitment supporters, calls for attacks, propaganda brutality and violence. has developed a successful strategy directed against countries Western world, mainly United States. At same time, al-Qaeda’s information operations West, organized digital space, have not achieved resonance as IS. They were aimed at highlighting weaknesses states main areas by are: terrorism, intimidation, operational planning coordination acts, training collection intelligence data targets, financing maintenance.