(CNN)Reports Wednesday that three men have been arrested over plans to travel from New York to join ISIS -- and that one of them allegedly posted online about his desire to shoot the President of the United States -- is simply the latest reminder that terrorist groups and their sympathizers are exploiting the freedom of cyberspace. Earlier this month, ISIS posted a video of its horrific burning of a captured Jordanian pilot. Unfortunately, this was not the first time ISIS has used Twitter, an American social media company, to broadcast its barbaric acts to the world. In August, when ISIS released the gruesome beheading of American journalist James Foley, it also used social media. In fact, ISIS has been using Twitter for years.
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ISIS and other terrorist groups have been active on social media
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There are many more examples from such groups, all of which have officially been listed as foreign designated terrorist organizations by the @placeholder government.
The first -- and easiest to set aside -- is the claim that if the @placeholder government were to shut down terrorists' social media accounts, these measures would be violating terrorists' free speech rights.