(credit: FBI)
After months of delay, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has unveiled an online educational site for children. The bureau’s “Don’t Be A Puppet: Pull Back the Curtain on Violent Extremism” program is designed to sway kids from falling prey to violent extremists.
It’s a great concept, as we often hear of one prosecution after another of somebody in the US being apprehended after wanting to join ISIS and succumbing to the terror group’s online recruitment tactics.
The site, which surprisingly lauds the First Amendment, teaches kids about propaganda, symbols, and “groupthink.” It talks about “what is violent extremism” and, among other things, how violent extremists make contact.
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