Mississippi arrests: How social media is being used against the Islamic State

Social media has been a powerful recruitment tool for the Islamic State, but authorities now appear to be using it as a weapon against it, judging by the latest arrest of young Americans who authorities say were looking to join the terrorist group.

Federal authorities arrested Jaelyn Delshaun Young and Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla over the weekend on charges that they were attempting to join and support the Islamic State, also known as IS or ISIS, in Syria. On Tuesday, a federal judge in Oxford, Miss., denied bail.

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents had been interacting with Ms. Young in online conversations since May…

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