Twitter Accused Of Helping ISIS With Propaganda, Raising Funds

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  The wife of a New York man named Alexander Pinczowski, who was killed alongside his sister in the Brussels attack, on March 26, 2016, is now suing Twitter for allowing terrorism to flourish on social media. Facebook, Twitter

  and Google, which have condemned terrorism and vowed to prevent such groups from using their sites, are often criticized when violent events ensue.
  

  Anne Cameron Cain, the wife of Pinczowski, accused Twitter on Monday of aiding and abetting Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, by acting as the terrorist organization’s communication, recruiting and marketing arm, the New York Post reported. Cain, who is the daughter of the former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, James Cain, filed the suit in the Manhattan federal court.

  "ISIS has also used Twitter’s Direct Messaging capabilities for fundraising and operational purposes," Cain said in the 92-page lawsuit. "The conduct of Twitter was a direct, foreseeable and proximate cause of the wrongful deaths of Nohemi Gonzalez and Alexander Pinczowski."

  Saying that Twitter violated the Anti-Terrorism Act, the lawsuit reportedly stated that the social media platform played "a uniquely essential role in the development of ISIS’s image, its success in recruiting members from around the world, and its ability to carry out attacks and intimidate its enemies."