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Chairman’s Message: The Promises and Perils of Social Media

September 8, 2016

By Dr. Mohammed Kaiseruddin

Teenagers average about 50 hours of screen time per week (more than seven hours a day!). Combine that staggering statistic with a report that ISIS’ extensive social media network carries at least 500 million messages a day through more than 46,000 Twitter accounts.” Now you can begin to understand the pressure and persuasion young people receive towards radicalization. This makes me thankful that more people from our community have not fallen prey to these lures.

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