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Hacktivists are fighting back with anime

Japanese anime artists are trolling Isis propaganda in the best possible way.

Hacktivists are slowly dismantling the terrorist group’s presence on social media by depicting militants as fun cartoons.

It comes after Anonymous published a list of Twitter accounts spreading Isis propaganda – some with more than 10,000 followers.

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They’ve since been flooded with anime.

As well as targeting Twitter, artists are attacking blogs, Facebook pages and other Isis-related websites.

Here’s some of their finest work:

@TheAdrianChan Anyone is ISIS chan family when they touch ISIS chan, so you are already a part of us! pic.twitter.com/Nvj46tQob2 — ISISちゃん 普及bot（公式） (@isisvipper) July 23, 2015

This is how the Japanese social media is helping the fight against ISIS: With ISIS-chan! http://t.co/KSWNJDb9XR pic.twitter.com/kqMb8siBGh — SGcafe (@sgcafe) July 23, 2015

This is how the Japanese social media is helping the fight against ISIS: With ISIS-chan! http://t.co/KSWNJDb9XR pic.twitter.com/4SNzcA1G03 — SGcafe (@sgcafe) July 23, 2015

Japanese artist fighting isis with cute anime charecters thank you ISIS Chan #isis_chan pic.twitter.com/JEMrIszCjQ — Talal (@game0ver92) July 22, 2015

Killing them with cuteness: the origins of Anonymous' ISIS-Chan http://t.co/uaqMIUrbrc pic.twitter.com/Dt9tAgUf2j — Hopes And Fears (@hopesandfearshq) July 22, 2015

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