What’s behind Australia’s surge in teen extremism?
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Young people are being found with ‘hard drives full of what can only be described as gore’, one expert saysIn March, Guardian Australia revealed that most people who have been charged with the new federal crime of possession of violent extremist material are under 18.This week Au...
Young people are being found with ‘hard drives full of what can only be described as gore’, one expert says
In March, Guardian Australia revealed that most people who have been charged with the new federal crime of possession of violent extremist material are under 18.
This week Australian federal police sounded the alarm about a surge in teen extremism: 32 of the 37 young people prosecuted in counter-terrorism cases since 2020 were charged in the past two years.
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