Social media fuelling rise of 'new generation of extremism' in Alberta, report says

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Social media fuelling rise of 'new generation of extremism' in Alberta, report says

Josee St-Onge · CBC News · 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-study-extremism-radicalism-online-hate-terrorism-1.5108262

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Ideologies are easily disseminated online, making social media a hotbed of recruitment, said McCoy, who also teaches terrorism studies at the University of Alberta. 

"It's been a game-changer," he said. "This is a new generation of extremism, and those communities are more accessible than ever."

Fringe members of groups — those who operate mostly online and lack a physical connection to the group they identify with — are the most at-risk of committing violence, McCoy said.

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"We believe that most of the potential threats of violence are coming from the margins of these movements, and hypothetically, they could come from any ideological group."


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