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Prevention of Radicalization on Social Media and the Internet in this Digital Era

In recent years, social media and the Internet have accelerated the dissemination of information, reduced costs, and expanded opportunities for communication, engagement, and outreach across national boundaries, cultures, and languages. Terrorist and violent extremist groups have leveraged these platforms to sustain recruitment pipelines, mobilize supporters, and incite violence, often without the need for direct command structures, training, or operational coordination. The impact of extremist propaganda, messaging, and recruitment strategies in the digital space disproportionately affects children and young people, who constitute a significant share of online users and face heightened vulnerabilities. Given the diversity of online platforms, the evolving nature of exploitative tactics, and the scale of digital content, the proliferation of terrorist and violent extremist material online remains a major policy challenge for counterterrorism authorities and digital technology providers. This technical session examined the complexities of the online ecosystem of terrorism and violent extremism as they relate to the targeting of children and addressed key questions, including: 1. How do terrorist groups use the Internet and social media to recruit and radicalize children, and what prevention and mitigation strategies can be employed? 2. What roles do governments, technology companies, civil society actors, and non-specialist stakeholders play in protecting children online? 3. To what extent is child protection achievable in the digital environment, and through which approaches should prevention and response efforts be structured? Speakers Hallie Stern, American Democracy & Technology Policy Translation Fellow, McCain Institute Ardian Shajkovci, Co-Founder and Director, American Counterterrorism Targeting and Resilience Institute