METHODOLOGY

This case study discusses these challenges, as well as setting out the methodology used to build a process for a story of this type, defined by WITNESS for the purposes of this report as a Model 2 investigation – the investigation of a category of content or a broad issue.

The methodology set out here was used to develop:

• An understanding of publishing processes by IS militants
• A means to identify a network of IS regional publishers
• Lists of search terms and processes to find this content quickly
• Processes for archiving and verifying the content.