Thread: #ISIS supporters have launched a propaganda campaign titled in Arabic “ #We haven’t forgotten you” addressed to jihadists and their family members held in enemy prisons, telling them to hang in there until help arrives

The campaign, which has seen pro-IS media groups put out a flurry of posters and other propaganda material on the subject, came on the heels of an official IS infographic on 14 January about the group’s past “successes” in jail breaks to free jihadist prisoners

The presence of IS-linked women in prisons and detention camps in Syria and Iraq remains a particularly thorny subject and source of embarrassment for IS whose jihadist rivals have previously accused it of abandoning its women and children

The campaign once again shows the ongoing efforts and ability by supporters of IS to complement and amplify the group's messaging in a timely fashion. The quick turnaround of complementary material may point to possible behind-the-scene coordination with IS media operatives

Overall, I've noticed that pro-IS media groups continue to churn out a big amount of propaganda that supports the group's official messaging and in a very timely manner. However, the clampdown on these media groups affects the visibility and reach of their campaigns & content

I counted at least 40 pieces of propaganda - mostly posters but also articles, three videos and two audios - produced by pro-IS media groups as part of the "We haven't forgotten you" prisons campaign between 16 and 17 Jan alone.

Pieces of propaganda on this campaign have reached at least 70

In the latest issue of its weekly paper al-Naba, and for the second week in a row, IS has put out an infographic to boast about its past jail break operations, this time including outside Iraq.

The latest IS infographic/poster, which also uses the title 'We haven't forgotten you', is not only a clear nod of recognition from IS to the efforts of its supporters on the subject (hashtag campaign) in the past week, it also suggests coordination

No wonder supporters continued producing material & unlike similar campaigns didn't stop after a couple of days. They seem to have known there will be more on this from IS. Is this just a propaganda campaign so IS can say it's thinking about prisoners, or anything else behind it?

Detailed, data-driven analysis about the pro-IS prisoners campaign: the initiative, volume, participants, content, duration, media behaviour, etc. https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/c202bq36