The 3 most terrible villains on social media right now

Even terrorists are on Twitter these days

Former Taliban fighters
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi))

The Arab Spring brought hopes of a "Twitter revolution" where ordinary people could use the power of social media to bring about positive political change. Now it looks like the world's terrorists, dictators, and rogue states have also caught on that Twitter and Facebook have their uses.

Here are three of the most terrible human rights offenders updating their statuses right now:

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.