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In short, this study involves an effort to track and examine a sample of fundraising initiatives that appear oriented toward supporting Islamic State detainees, namely women and minors, in the detention facilities in Al-Hol and Roj camps in northeastern Syria. [...] Some crowdfunding campaigns work together to promote initiatives and connect detainees with funding online and within the camps.3 While difficult to gauge the full scope of such collaboration, it seems to center around interpersonal and logistical relationships with other fundraisers and facilitators. [...] The prevalence of scenarios where campaigns work together and promote each other’s content may be swayed by the project’s data collection method, which essentially used known accounts to identify additional accounts to include in the study. [...] Some of the techniques fundraisers used to stay competitive in a saturated market include professionalizing promotional graphics, using multiple languages to engage a broader support base, and crafting new approaches to help one campaign stand out from others.5 Popular techniques include sharing pictures of Islamic State detainees receiving assistance, sharing stories featuring the plight of speci. [...] Most campaigns observed in this study use Telegram, Instagram, and Facebook to promote content to attract prospective donors, then they move to more direct communications, where fundraisers probably vet donors to some extent before providing information about how or where to send funds.7 Many fundraisers advertise multiple contact and payment options, likely to make themselves available to more pr.