Experts blame ‘hateful soup’ of social media content as MI5 boss points to threefold increase in under-18s being investigatedTeenagers as young as 13 are coming under suspicion of engaging in terrorism after being exposed to a toxic cocktail of easily accessible far-right extremism online, experts have warned.Insiders describe “a horrible hateful soup” of social media content where children can “pick and mix” terrorist narratives, including the Terrorgram network – recently banned in the UK – of white supremacist channels on Telegram. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/12/teenagers-as-young-as-13-under-suspicion-for-uk-far-right-terrorism
Author : Dan Sabbagh Defence editor
Publish date : 2024-10-12 06:00:19
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Teenagers as young as 13 under suspicion for UK far-right terrorism
