{"id":12675,"date":"2026-02-12T10:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itstime.it\/w\/?p=12675"},"modified":"2026-03-18T19:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:50:09","slug":"dawa-radicalizzazione-e-reclutamento-tiktok-sempre-piu-centrale-negli-arresti-per-terrorismo-italian-and-english-version-by-a-bolpagni-g-l-giardini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itstime.it\/w\/dawa-radicalizzazione-e-reclutamento-tiktok-sempre-piu-centrale-negli-arresti-per-terrorismo-italian-and-english-version-by-a-bolpagni-g-l-giardini\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Da\u2018wa<\/em>, radicalizzazione e reclutamento: TikTok sempre pi\u00f9 centrale negli arresti per terrorismo (<em>Italian and English version<\/em>) \u2013 by A. Bolpagni, G. L. Giardini"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marted\u00ec 11 febbraio, la polizia olandese ha <a href=\"https:\/\/www.om.nl\/actueel\/nieuws\/2026\/02\/10\/aanhoudingen-in-verband-met-opruiing-tot-terrorisme-op-sociale-media\">arrestato<\/a> 16 persone nei Paesi Bassi con l\u2019accusa di diffondere propaganda dello Stato Islamico (IS), glorificare il martirio e incitare ad attacchi terroristici online, in particolare su TikTok. Le indagini sono iniziate nell\u2019agosto 2025, quando l\u2019unit\u00e0 di polizia dell\u2019Aia ha <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/dutch-arrest-15-suspected-spreading-islamic-state-propaganda-tiktok-2026-02-10\/\">individuato<\/a> un account TikTok che condivideva propaganda dello Stato Islamico sottotitolata in lingua olandese. Di conseguenza, le indagini sono state estese a livello nazionale e hanno portato all\u2019arresto di 16 persone sparse in tutto il paese. Prima degli arresti di oggi, il 20 gennaio 2026, la polizia olandese aveva <a href=\"https:\/\/www.om.nl\/actueel\/nieuws\/2026\/02\/10\/aanhoudingen-in-verband-met-opruiing-tot-terrorisme-op-sociale-media\">arrestato<\/a> il principale sospettato dell\u2019indagine, considerato il <a href=\"https:\/\/hawarnews.com\/en\/the-netherlands-arrests-15-people-syrians-on-charges-of-promoting-isis\">\u2018leader\u2019<\/a> del network. Di et\u00e0 compresa tra i 16 e i 53 anni, tra cui 4 minori, le persone detenute sono 3 cittadini olandesi e 13 siriani, che sono (dopo gli ucraini) il <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/where-we-work\/countries\/netherlands-kingdom?dataset=REF&amp;yearsMode=single&amp;selectedYears=%5B2025%5D&amp;level=OPR&amp;category=CCO&amp;fundingSource=ALS&amp;levelCompare=%5B%5B%22OBEL_MC_ABC%22%5D%5D&amp;viewType=table&amp;chartType=bar&amp;contextualDataset=BUD&amp;tableDataView=absolute&amp;compareBy=%5B%22category%22%5D\">secondo gruppo<\/a> di rifugiati pi\u00f9 numeroso nei Paesi Bassi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ITSTIME \u00e8 da diversi anni impegnato nel monitoraggio della presenza di utenti pro-Stato Islamico su TikTok e, in senso lato, su tutti i principali social media (piattaforme di messaggistica criptate e social network) su cui i sostenitori del \u2018Califfato digitale\u2019 operano. Negli ultimi anni, infatti, diversi analisti di ITSTIME si sono <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/1057610X.2025.2611271\">occupati<\/a>, a pi\u00f9 riprese, di comprendere la morfologia e il funzionamento dei vari network pro-IS su TikTok, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itstime.it\/w\/mapping-the-pro-islamic-state-is-ecosystem-on-tiktok-a-brief-overview-by-g-l-giardini-and-a-bolpagni\/\">classificando<\/a> tanto gli utenti attivi nella diffusione di propaganda, quanto la tipologia stessa di propaganda condivisa. Dalle forme pi\u00f9 istituzionali di propaganda, come la <em>newsletter <\/em>An-Naba e il \u2018telegiornale\u2019 Amaq News Agency, passando per poster e video delle case mediatiche dell\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sicurezzaterrorismosocieta.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ebook_SicTerSoc_21-Alessandro-Bolpagni-Eleonora-Ristuccia-Grazia-Ludovica-Giardini.pdf\">Ansar Production<\/a>, si arriva a prodotti che seguono i trend pi\u00f9 attuali e famosi di TikTok, ricchi di editing in completa contrapposizione con le \u2018linee guida propagandistiche\u2019 dei <a href=\"https:\/\/ctc.westpoint.edu\/without-us-there-would-be-no-islamic-state-the-role-of-civilian-employees-in-the-caliphate\/\"><em>munasirin<\/em><\/a> pi\u00f9 ortodossi. All\u2019interno di quest\u2019ultimo filo propagandistico, e sul modello dei <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09546553.2016.1207633\">primi prodotti usciti<\/a> negli anni 2000, troviamo il pi\u00f9 recente utilizzo della piattaforma Roblox per produrre quella che \u00e8 stata definita dagli analisti di ITSTIME \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itstime.it\/w\/game-over-propaganda-on-how-pro-islamic-state-supporters-exploit-roblox-and-discord-to-disseminate-gaming-jihad-propaganda-on-tiktok-by-g-l-giardini-and-a-bolpagni\/\">Gaming-Jihad propaganda<\/a>\u201d, una propaganda che, utilizzando le <em>features <\/em>di Roblox, vede utenti pro-Stato Islmico replicare la propaganda istituzionale di quest\u2019ultimo, riprodurre <em>mujahidin <\/em>sul campo di battaglia e inscenare esecuzioni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grazie alla sua facilit\u00e0 di utilizzo, all\u2019enorme popolarit\u00e0 tra i giovani e alle sue svariate modalit\u00e0 di <em>editing<\/em>, TikTok \u00e8 uno dei social media pi\u00f9 in voga tra i giovani che, tuttavia, sembra essersi trasformato nella \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/salute\/figli-genitori\/adolescenza\/26_febbraio_08\/dipendenze-dai-social-lo-psicologo-giuseppe-riva-sugli-effetti-di-tik-tok-e-gli-altri-meccanismi-neurobiologici-ampiamente-15eb50b2-6fb8-4b87-96b6-1a099eb9axlk.shtml\">tana del Bianconiglio<\/a>\u2019, trascinando milioni di adolescenti in un mondo distorto, surreale e, a tratti, oscuro. Questo aspetto ha da diverso tempo attirato l\u2019attenzione dell\u2019Unione Europea (UE) che, attraverso la propria Commissione, ha <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_26_312\">annunciato<\/a> come TikTok sia \u201cpreliminarmente [\u2026] in violazione del Digital Services Act per il suo design che crea dipendenza,\u201d portando gli individui, attraverso il proprio algoritmo, ad attuare comportamenti che potrebbero nuocere al benessere fisico e mentale degli utenti. Da anni, tuttavia, TikTok ha attirato anche l\u2019attenzione di utenti impegnati nella diffusione di propaganda dello Stato Islamico online.Nonostante i pareri contrastanti, TikTok \u00e8 emerso quale <em>\u2018platform of choice\u2019 <\/em>per molti <em>munasirin <\/em>dello Stato Islamico che, negli ultimi anni, hanno inondato il social media cinese di propaganda, sfruttando l\u2019algoritmo alla base del funzionamento di TikTok, il quale rende il suo<em> feed<\/em> una sorta di <em>\u2018gambling slot machine\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TikTok si dimostra quindi uno dei network attualmente pi\u00f9 impiegati per condividere propaganda dello Stato Islamico, condurre operazioni di online <em>da\u2018wa<\/em> e reclutare nuovi supporter, in particolare tra le frange pi\u00f9 giovani della popolazione. I <em>munasirin<\/em> dello Stato Islamico hanno dimostrato di essere capaci di sfruttare la crescente popolarit\u00e0 di TikTok, dimostrando competenze mediatiche all\u2019avanguardia e grande attenzione verso le ultime tendenze mondiali dei social media. TikTok, infatti, si \u00e8 trasformato in un <em>entry point <\/em>per giovani simpatizzanti e supporter che, grazie alla facilit\u00e0 con la quale il contenuto pu\u00f2 essere reperito, si approcciano alla propaganda jihadista e hanno la possibilit\u00e0, attraverso <em>outlink<\/em>, di raggiungere le piattaforme del <em>core <\/em>dell\u2019ecosistema online dello Stato Islamico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pertanto, l\u2019utilizzo sempre pi\u00f9 intenso di social network come TikTok e la quantit\u00e0 sempre maggiore di contenuto propagandistico a disposizione di soggetti gi\u00e0 simpatizzanti nei confronti dei gruppi Salafiti-jihadisti sono direttamente proporzionali all\u2019intensificarsi di processi di radicalizzazione e di attivit\u00e0 propagandistica degli stessi. TikTok rappresenta quindi un catalizzatore efficace di tali processi, in quanto pone individui, generalmente giovani, a soli \u2018qualche click di distanza\u2019 da contenuti di matrice jihadista. Risultato? Un pi\u00f9 rapido e quantitativamente significativo passaggio di tali utenti dalla dimensione del <em>mass movement <\/em>a quella della <a href=\"https:\/\/policyexchange.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-New-Netwar-2.pdf\">Mujahid Vanguard<\/a>, impegnandosi attivamente all\u2019interno dell\u2019ecosistema online Salafita-Jihadista.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In conclusione, \u00e8 possibile notare come la correlazione tra i recenti arresti avvenuti per terrorismo islamico e la crescente attivit\u00e0 di tali soggetti su social network come TikTok siano prova lampante di una minaccia sempre pi\u00f9 tangibile, rappresentata dai processi di <em>da\u2018wa<\/em> digitale. Processi, di fatto, capaci di, come evidenziava Anwar al-Awlaki, conquistare i cuori e le menti dei giovani (musulmani), cos\u00ec aumentando rischi relativi a possibili attacchi di matrice jihadista, tanto per la dimensione nazionale quanto per quella internazionale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">English Version<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On February 11, Dutch police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.om.nl\/actueel\/nieuws\/2026\/02\/10\/aanhoudingen-in-verband-met-opruiing-tot-terrorisme-op-sociale-media\">arrested<\/a> 16 individuals in the Netherlands on the accusation of disseminating IS propaganda, glorifying martyrdom, and inciting terrorist attacks online, specifically on TikTok. Investigations started in August 2025 when the Hague police unit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/dutch-arrest-15-suspected-spreading-islamic-state-propaganda-tiktok-2026-02-10\/\">found<\/a> a TikTok account sharing IS propaganda with Dutch subtitles. As a result, investigations have moved on a national level and led to the arrest of 16 individuals scattered throughout the country. Prior to today\u2019s arrests, on January 20, 2026, Dutch police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.om.nl\/actueel\/nieuws\/2026\/02\/10\/aanhoudingen-in-verband-met-opruiing-tot-terrorisme-op-sociale-media\">arrested<\/a> the main suspect in the investigation, considered to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/hawarnews.com\/en\/the-netherlands-arrests-15-people-syrians-on-charges-of-promoting-isis\">\u2018leader\u2019<\/a> of the network. Aged between 16 and 53, including 4 minors, the individuals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.om.nl\/actueel\/nieuws\/2026\/02\/10\/aanhoudingen-in-verband-met-opruiing-tot-terrorisme-op-sociale-media\">detained<\/a> are 3 Dutch nationals and 13 Syrians, who are (behind Ukrainians) the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/where-we-work\/countries\/netherlands-kingdom?dataset=REF&amp;yearsMode=single&amp;selectedYears=%5B2025%5D&amp;level=OPR&amp;category=CCO&amp;fundingSource=ALS&amp;levelCompare=%5B%5B%22OBEL_MC_ABC%22%5D%5D&amp;viewType=table&amp;chartType=bar&amp;contextualDataset=BUD&amp;tableDataView=absolute&amp;compareBy=%5B%22category%22%5D\">second-largest<\/a> refugee group in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For several years, ITSTIME has been monitoring the presence of pro-IS users on TikTok and, more broadly, on all major social media platforms (encrypted messaging platforms and social networks) where supporters of the \u2018digital caliphate\u2019 operate. In recent years, ITSTIME analysts have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/1057610X.2025.2611271\">repeatedly sought to understand<\/a> the morphology and functioning of several pro-IS networks on TikTok, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itstime.it\/w\/mapping-the-pro-islamic-state-is-ecosystem-on-tiktok-a-brief-overview-by-g-l-giardini-and-a-bolpagni\/\">classifying<\/a> both the users active in spreading propaganda and the type of propaganda shared. From the institutional forms of propaganda, such as the An-Naba newsletter and the Amaq News Agency \u2018news broadcast\u2019, through the posters and videos from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sicurezzaterrorismosocieta.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ebook_SicTerSoc_21-Alessandro-Bolpagni-Eleonora-Ristuccia-Grazia-Ludovica-Giardini.pdf\">Ansar Production<\/a> media houses, to content adapted to the most current and popular trends on TikTok, characterised by high editing and in complete contrast to the \u2018propaganda guidelines\u2019 of the more orthodox <a href=\"https:\/\/ctc.westpoint.edu\/without-us-there-would-be-no-islamic-state-the-role-of-civilian-employees-in-the-caliphate\/\"><em>munasirin<\/em><\/a>. Within this latter propaganda framework, and following the \u2018script\u2019 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09546553.2016.1207633\">first products released<\/a> in the 2000s, we find the most recent use of the Roblox platform to produce what ITSTIME analysts called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itstime.it\/w\/game-over-propaganda-on-how-pro-islamic-state-supporters-exploit-roblox-and-discord-to-disseminate-gaming-jihad-propaganda-on-tiktok-by-g-l-giardini-and-a-bolpagni\/\">Gaming-Jihad propaganda<\/a>.\u201d Using Roblox\u2019s features, a typology of propaganda that shows how IS users have been replicating IS institutional propaganda, staging executions, and reproducing mujahidin on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to its ease of use, enormous popularity among young people, and varied editing options, TikTok is one of the most popular social media platforms among young people. Yet, it seems to have turned into a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/salute\/figli-genitori\/adolescenza\/26_febbraio_08\/dipendenze-dai-social-lo-psicologo-giuseppe-riva-sugli-effetti-di-tik-tok-e-gli-altri-meccanismi-neurobiologici-ampiamente-15eb50b2-6fb8-4b87-96b6-1a099eb9axlk.shtml\">rabbit\u2019s hole<\/a>,\u201d dragging millions of teenagers into a distorted, surreal and, at times, dark world. This aspect has long attracted the attention of the European Union (EU), which, through the European Commission, <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_26_312\">has announced<\/a> that TikTok is \u201cpreliminarily [&#8230;] in violation of the Digital Services Act due to its addictive design,\u201d leading individuals through its algorithm to engage in behaviour that could harm the physical and mental well-being of users. Yet, TikTok\u2019s potentialities have attracted the attention of IS users engaged in spreading IS propaganda online. Despite conflicting opinions, TikTok has emerged as the \u2018platform of choice\u2019 for many IS <em>munasirin<\/em> who, in recent years, have flooded the Chinese social media with IS propaganda, exploiting the algorithm behind TikTok\u2019s operation, which makes its feed a kind of \u2018gambling slot machine\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TikTok is therefore proving to be one of the most widely used networks for sharing IS propaganda, conducting online <em>da\u2018wa<\/em> operations and recruiting new supporters, particularly among the younger segments of the population. IS <em>munasirin <\/em>have thus been able to exploit TikTok\u2019s rising popularity, showing cutting-edge media capabilities and a close attention towards the latest world social media trends. TikTok has turned into an efficient entry point for young sympathisers and supporters who, thanks to the ease with which content can be found, are exposed to IS propaganda and have the opportunity, through outlinks, to reach the core platforms of the IS online ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, the increasingly intense use of social networks such as TikTok and the ever-growing amount of propaganda content available to individuals who already sympathise with Salafi-Jihadi groups is directly proportional to the intensification of their radicalisation processes and propaganda activities. TikTok is an effective catalyst for these processes, as it places individuals, generally young people, just \u2018a few clicks away\u2019 from jihadi content. The result? A faster and quantitatively significant transition of these users from the mass movement to the <a href=\"https:\/\/policyexchange.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-New-Netwar-2.pdf\">Mujahid Vanguard<\/a>, actively engaging within the Salafi-Jihadi online ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To conclude, it is possible to note how the correlation between recent arrests for Islamic terrorism and the growing activity of such individuals on social networks such as TikTok is clear evidence of an increasingly tangible threat represented by digital <em>da\u2018wa<\/em> processes. These processes are, in fact, capable, as Anwar al-Awlaki pointed out, of winning the hearts and minds of young (Muslim) people, thus increasing the risks of possible jihadist attacks, both nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marted\u00ec 11 febbraio, la polizia olandese ha arrestato 16 persone nei Paesi Bassi con l\u2019accusa di diffondere propaganda dello Stato Islamico (IS), glorificare il martirio e incitare ad attacchi terroristici online, in particolare su TikTok. 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