Date of session: Thursday 25th September 2025
Time of session: 3:45pm to 5:15pm
Suitable for: Anyone working with young people aged 11+ in an educational setting, including DSLs, secondary school and FE teachers, youth workers, and apprenticeship providers.
Summary: Supporters of violent extremism and terrorism use the widest possible range of social media platforms to propagate their radicalising narratives and media, to engage individuals susceptible to radicalisation, and to build online communities of fellow extremists. With students and young people now living such significant proportions of their lives online, what should educators and DSLs be looking for that might indicate an individual’s online activities are potentially associated with extremist radicalisation?
In this free online briefing, case study analysis will be employed to demonstrate the latest developments in violent extremist and terrorist use of social media. The briefing will show how extremists frequently use multi-platform strategies to disseminate their message and to target those susceptible to radicalisation. The extremists’ use of social networking and sharing applications, livestreaming platforms, and instant
messaging platforms will all be considered, giving attendees an up-to-date awareness of the extremists’
online propagation methods.
Guest Speaker: Richard Evans, Director of Candour Intelligence
