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US, UAE launch Anti-IS Online Messaging Center in Abu Dhabi

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The U.S. and Emirati governments launched a new Mideast digital communications center Wednesday focused on using social media to counter the Islamic State group’s propaganda efforts online.

IS supporters have deftly harnessed social media to spread the group’s slickly produced Hollywood-style film clips and other messages aimed at recruiting and drawing support from plugged-in young Muslims. Details

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