catfishing:
The report also documents incidents of “catfishing”: the use of fake profiles of attractive women to befriend people. The Taliban has reportedly used this trick to tease information out of Australian soldiers on Facebook. But it is ISIS that exemplifies this modern approach to extremism, relying heavily on social media to spread its message and recruit supporters around the world.
“Extremists wage war with retweets and likes,” by Aviva Rutkin, NewScientist (10 September 2016).
