Internet activists are trying to disrupt ISIS by tricking its online jihadists into wasting their time watching 80s pop star Rick Astley.

The Anonymous group is trying to impede the terror group's social media activism by infiltrating its propaganda feeds and misdirecting followers to Astley's hit song Never Gonna Give You Up.

Linking people to the catchy hit is an age-old internet prank which helped revive Astley's career.

Weapon against terror: Internet activists Anonymous have said they will start deploying Rick Astley videos against ISIS in a cyber war

Distracting: Users plan to flood pro-ISIS feeds with links to the Never Gonna Give You Up video in a bid to stop sympathisers being able to communicate with genuine extremists

Tricksters post a link to the video in a post under the pretence it is something useful or interesting, baffling and frustrating those who click it in good faith.

Anonymous, which declared a new anti-ISIS campaign in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, voted that the so-called Rickroll would be their newest tool.

The group said it would start posting Rickroll links in the #SupportISIS hashtag, which could be used by would-be jihadists who want to learn more about the terror group.

They hope that users will struggle to find genuine ISIS information amidst a deluge of 80s synth-pop, hindering their goals to participate in the terrorist death-cult.

Experts have warned that one of ISIS's most pernicious tools is their well-honed social media strategy, which lets it communicate with sympathisers the world over.

Impressionable supporters have been persuaded to leave their home and families for the war-torn Middle East after being given instructions by ISIS operatives on how to smuggle themselves over the borders into Syria or Iraq.

Anonymous has also strated a campaign trying to have extremist Twitter accounts shut down, and claims that more than 28,000 ISIS accounts are now offline.

In a statement on its overall #OpParis campaign, Anonymous said: 'Hello, citizens of the world. We are Anonymous. It is time to realize that social media is a solid platform for ISIS's communication as well as neutering their ideas of terror amongst youth.

'However, at the same time, social media has proved it is an advanced weapon. We must all work together and use social media to eliminate the accounts used by terrorists. ISIS, we will hunt you and take down your sites, accounts, emails and expose you.