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After his arrest, investigators found the 12-year-old had been gorging on videos of decapitation and torture, including 1,739 jihadi videos and bomb-making tutorials.

The boy’s descent began with Quran searches and led to encrypted chats and ultraviolent propaganda from extremist groups like Islamic State. French prosecutor Paul-Edouard Lallois warned he risked becoming a “completely dehumanized soldier.”

Across Europe, minors are increasingly appearing on terror radars, with France’s anti-terror unit charging 19 minors in 2023 alone.

Extremist content is just a click away, with radicalization sometimes beginning through violent pornography or a fascination for gory images, leading to jihadi decapitations.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Idk about porn but on watchpeopledie there is clearly too much teenager. And there is sadly a lot of content posted by extremist / terrorist organisation like isis or daesh. They are doing it on purpose and are probably ready to discuss with edgy teenager.

I think kids and teens shouldnt be on internet. Like at all.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Reading this is like reading anti-drug propaganda from the 90’s. Like, sure there are concerns about young people, especially boys, getting radicalized online. But the coverage is so lurid and skewed that it loses credibility.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 days ago (1 children)

online searches about Islam after an aunt gave him a Quran as a gift, says the boy’s lawyer. From there, more searching, automated algorithms that steer users’ online experiences and the boy’s curiosity ultimately led him to encrypted chats and ultraviolent propaganda pumped out by Islamic State militants and other extremist groups that are worming their way via apps, video gaming and social media into the minds of the very young.

Headline says porn but the only thing on that is:

For some kids, the process starts with violent pornography or a fascination for gory images, counterterrorism investigators say. From there, more clicks can lead to grisly murder videos from Mexican drug cartels and ultimately to jihadi decapitations, throat-slitting and torture,

So I think it's stupid click bait.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

A bit sensationalist, yes. I didn't read it, but I hope it made some link between the hormone drops associated with shocking imagery and sounds and the cognitive high one receives in response to the ensuing neurosynaptic flood.

They're basically addicts with the drugs being manufactured and distributed in-house; all they need is the evermore violent and shocking A/V catalyst to inject the proverbial needle.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Believe it or not once again "organized" religion is the problem.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is what you get when parents absent-mindedly assume handing their kid a smartphone when they’re noisy is all it takes to raise them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

100%, parents need to be involved in their kids life now more than ever, not treat them like a roommate. Kids need to be guided not given a phone/tablet to keep busy. But society doesn’t support this kind of parenting.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This has been going on for a long time

[–] HellsBelle 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The mini-series "Adolescence" was spot on about this issue.

At one point the father says to his wife he thought their son was safe being in his room on the internet ... when in reality he was accessing all the dark web abuse he could find.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Glad you’re staying current, AP.

Hey did they ever find the WMD??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Sorry? What? I'm not following any of this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me that all this ultraviolence and killing is wrong, wrong, and terribly wrong. I've learned me lesson, sir. I've seen now what I've never seen before. I'm cured! Praise god!