Uloga društvenih mreža u hibridnom ratovanju

U današnje vrijeme sve češće dolazi do hibridnih sukoba. Svjedoci smo kako su terorističke organizacije poput ISIS-a i Hamasa koristile društvene mreže, komunikacijske platforme i digitalne medije u svrhu zastrašivanja, dezinformiranja i regrutiranja novih snaga. Ako pogledamo zadnje i predzadnje predsjedničke izbore u Americi očigledna je pojačana aktivnost na svim društvenim mrežama i općenito u medijima. I to ne samo predsjedničkih kandidata već i glasača, svjetske javnosti, te aktera drugih država. Hibridno ratovanje postalo je svakodnevica, a to dokazuju mnogi primjeri kroz proteklih 15 godina. Bitka kod Gaze, rusko – ukrajinski sukob, rad ruskih trolova, britanskih chinditsa, su samo neki od slučajeva u kojima su društvene mreže odigrale ključnu ulogu u sukobu. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter i mnoge druge mreže učinkoviti su alati koji se mogu iskoristiti u svrhu novačenja novih snaga, obmanjivanje protivnika, snižavanje morala protivnika, srozavanje ugleda i vjerodostojnosti i mnoge druge svrhe.Nowadays, the hybrid conflicts are becoming more frequent, and we ourselves are witnessing how terrorist organizations such as ISIS and Hamas have used the social media and networks for the purpose of intimidating, misinforming and recruiting the new forces. If we look at the last and the second-last presidential elections in America, the increased activities on all social networks and in the media in general are obvious not only of the presidential candidates but of the voters, the world public, and also of the actors from other countries. Hybrid warfare has become commonplace, as have been evidenced by many examples over the past 15 years. The Battle of Gaza, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the work of Russian trolls, the British Chindits, are just some of the cases in which the social networks played a key role in the conflict. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and many other networks are the effective tools that can be used for the purpose of recruiting new forces, deceiving opponents, lowering the morale of opponents, lowering reputation and credibility and many other purposes