Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web
by panta on Saturday December 05, 2020 @05:13AM
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Maybe they become those young adults for different reasons? It could be an effect of an alienating society, focused mainly on wealth instead of on the human being.
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Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web
by dash2 on Saturday December 05, 2020 @06:03AM
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You can’t explain a change with a constant. We’ve had capitalism for centuries. Far right and Islamic terrorism are not new, but they have risen greatly, and their spread is linked to extremism on the internet.
Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web
by thu2111 on Saturday December 05, 2020 @11:58AM
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Most Islamic extremism is spread through mosques and prisons, at least in Europe. I can't remember the last time a terrorism investigation tracked the original radicalisation back to the internet. It's a non issue.
Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web
by skinkestek on Saturday December 05, 2020 @01:23PM
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ISIS at is peak had a significant web presence.
Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web
by thu2111 on Monday December 07, 2020 @04:03AM
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Good point, but I'm struggling to remember people who were radicalised exclusively through ISIS websites. There probably have been a few just because there were so many cases by now they all blur together a bit, but usually ISIS sympathisers seem to have been exposed to a lot of ISIS propaganda during sermons. They may also have consumed online content but it was in addition to, not in replacement of, traditional offline radicalisation.