EPISODE · Mar 19, 2018 · 14 MIN
Voice Chat App Zello Turned a Blind Eye to Jihadis for Years
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
In the early morning of September 9, 2016, Bill Moore, CEO of the Austin-based walkie-talkie app company Zello, contacted the Middle East Media Research Institute. He was seeking a copy of a report MEMRI had recently published describing how ISIS members and supporters were using Zello, which allows people to send voice messages to each other in private and also public channels. Moore had learned about the findings through a Google Alert. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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In the early morning of September 9, 2016, Bill Moore, CEO of the Austin-based walkie-talkie app company Zello, contacted the Middle East Media Research Institute. He was seeking a copy of a report MEMRI had recently published describing how ISIS members and supporters were using Zello, which allows people to send voice messages to each other in private and also public channels. Moore had learned about the findings through a Google Alert.
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Voice Chat App Zello Turned a Blind Eye to Jihadis for Years
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