Counter-terrorism leader says there is often no ideology behind ‘grotesque fascinations’ with extreme content
More young people, including children aged 10, are viewing a “pick and mix of horror” on the web that pushes them towards violence, a UK counter-terrorism leader has said.
Deputy assistant commissioner Vicki Evans of the Metropolitan police, the senior national coordinator for counter-terrorism, said the nature of radicalisation had changed and warned of a “rapidly increasing fascination with extreme content that we’re seeing throughout our casework”.
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