A Storm on the Horizon? "Twister" and the Implications of the Blockchain and Peer-to-Peer Social Networks for Online Violent Extremism.

"Twister," developed by Miguel Freitas, is a social network platform centered around micro-blogging, much like Twitter. However, rather than relying on centralized servers owned and maintained by a single firm, Twister users operate a blockchain combined with distributed hash table (DHT)–like and Bi...

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Published in:	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism Vol. 42; no. 1/2; pp. 206 - 228
Main Author:	Mott, Gareth
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd 2019
Subjects:	Twitter (Web resource) Microblogs Social networks Computer access control Blockchains Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks) Distributed computing Internet protocols
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