Video | Center for Homeland Defense and Security Naval Postgraduate School
How Social Isolation Is Leading to Radicalization
Sasha Larkin speaks about how loneliness and social isolation is increasingly becoming the new normal among active shooters, citing the Route 91 Harvest music festival shooting which killed 60 people and wounded 411.
Larkin suggests that law enforcement build “communities of trust” through community engagement using community policing teams for outreach, awareness, and education. In addition, she says law enforcement should use the U.S. violent extremist mobilization indicators to identify “threatening behaviors” that could indicate the potential for a violent incident.
Resource | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Youth and violent extremism on social media: mapping the research
Does social media lead vulnerable individuals to resort to violence? Many people believe it does. And they respond with online censorship, surveillance and counter-speech. But what do we really know about the Internet as a cause, and what do we know about the impact of these reactions?
It is in this context that UNESCO has commissioned the study titled Youth and Violent Extremism on Social Media – Mapping the Research. This work provides a global mapping of research (mainly during 2012-16) about the assumed roles played by social media in violent radicalization processes, especially when they affect youth and women.
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