RELEVANT REPORTING

For its reporting on the story, Storyful developed lists of reliable sources and catalogued them for internal use by name, logo (where appropriate), associated location and area of coverage, associated accounts, and affiliations or political links.

Social media platforms, such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, were widely used by IS and its supporters to spread their ideology and for recruitment. However, social media platforms adapted quickly, banning accounts and removing content promoting the IS propaganda.

This required an approach that allowed for early detection and archiving of new content.