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defend their national interests The Daeesh as armed proxy
against the marauders and forces of the military-industrial-
protect the integrity of their media complex abuse CST to
curriculums. promote their brand of “Pure
This includes their Islam” as a basis to recruit
responsibility to enforce their soldiers to spread terror not only
own cybersecurities in order to in Muslim lands but also in
spread world peace through Western lands.
education as a democratic The Daeesh have given rise to
practice. the new phenomenon of
This is a particularly difficult cyberbalkanization, which is the
challenge because one of the key segregation of CST into smaller
advantages of CST is that it has groups with similar interests, to
allowed all kinds of people to a degree that they show a
publicize their views and reach narrow-minded approach to
out to others with similar outsiders or those with
interests. contradictory views.
As a result, however, it also While CST has largely been
has the same power to bring credited for broadening
together those with outlying and discussion, it also can serve as a
often discriminatory-viewpoints. means of bringing together
The ability to communicate fringe groups with intolerant
allows such communities to viewpoints.
flourish more than they would if So, while CST has
these people were unable to contributed to globalization and
communicate as a result of information exchange, it also
geographical separation. may be used to foster unfair or
As a result, CST also has harmful discrimination.
served to promote and incite Such military threats to world
hatred against minority groups, peace place a heavy responsibility
as well as promote political or on Islamic religious organizations
social agendas that do not find to spread an education that is
much footing in popular media. conceived in peace.
