Online youth radicalization

Canada joins Christchurch Call to Action to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern, President of France Emmanuel Macron, other government leaders, and industry leaders to adopt the Christchurch Call to Action a global pledge to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online.

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  • Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern, President of France Emmanuel Macron, other government leaders, and industry leaders to adopt the Christchurch Call to Action a global pledge to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online.
  • Through the National Strategy and the Christchurch Call, the Government of Canada will continue to provide international leadership on countering radicalization to violence and eliminating terrorist and violent extremist content online.
  • "Terrorist and extremist content online continues to spill out into the real world with deadly consequences.
  • Today, we are stepping up to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online.

Launch of National Strategy on Countering Radicalization to Violence and Update on Terrorist Threat to Canada: Terrorism threat level unchanged

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Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Today, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announced the release of the 2018 Public Report on the Terrorist Threat to Canada, and launched Canada's National Strategy on Countering Radicalization to Violence (National Strategy).

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  • Today, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announced the release of the 2018 Public Report on the Terrorist Threat to Canada, and launched Canada's National Strategy on Countering Radicalization to Violence (National Strategy).
  • 2018's Public Reportprovides an up-to-date analysis of Canada's terrorist threat environment, pulling together information from all Government agencies and departments that work on national security.
  • Canada's terrorism threat level is assessed regularly, and was last updated in November 2018, when it was confirmed at medium.
  • The National Strategy outlines the Government of Canada's approach to countering radicalization to violence by preventing and disengaging individuals from violent ideologies.

Federal support for innovative online initiative to prevent radicalization to violence

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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

The online space is a place where violent extremists can spread propaganda, recruit others and incite violence.

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  • The online space is a place where violent extremists can spread propaganda, recruit others and incite violence.
  • "Effective prevention is an essential component of tackling radicalization to violence online, where violent extremists can spread propaganda, recruit others and incite violence.
  • Moonshot's Redirect Method detects signs of high risk of radicalization to violence based on online search queries.
  • The Community Resilience Fund is led by the Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence, which provides national leadership on Canada's efforts to prevent radicalization to violence.

Federal support for study to combat online hate speech and radicalization

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Friday, September 21, 2018

Its project Pushing Back Against Hate in Online Communities will examine the attitudes of young Canadians toward online hate speech in order to determine the factors that influence whether they speak out against what they see online.

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  • Its project Pushing Back Against Hate in Online Communities will examine the attitudes of young Canadians toward online hate speech in order to determine the factors that influence whether they speak out against what they see online.
  • "Online extremist and hateful content can lead young Canadians down a dangerous road towards radicalization to violence.
  • "Canadian youth say it is important to speak up against hate content online, but often feel reluctant to do so.
  • This research will result in much needed tools and resources for countering online radicalization among youth. "