Steven Stalinsky
Steven Stalinsky is an American scholar of the Middle East and terrorism whose writings focus on the interplay between Islamic terrorism and technology, and especially terrorism and social media. He has served as executive director of the Middle East Media Research Institute since 1999.
Commentary
On terrorism and social media
Stalinsky has published analysis on the use of social media by Al-Qaeda and ISIS. He has been interviewed by media outlets about terrorist use of social media, especially about terrorist use of Telegram, VK, and encryption.Stalinsky's writing on Al-Qaeda's online magazine Inspire was cited in a U.S. Department of Justice terrorism case. In 2013 and 2014, several media organizations used Stalinsky's research describing the indoctrination and exploitation of young children by Al-Qaeda and other jihadist groups.
Stalinsky also spent years pressing Twitter to take action about jihadis' use of their social networking service – efforts which culminated in a 2013 congressional letter to the FBI urging them to take action.