Teenage Terrorists and the Digital Ecosystem of the Islamic State

For six months, between December 2023 and June 2024, a 12-year-old boy from Besancon, France, downloaded more than 1,700 jihadi videos on his computer and phone.¹ He created jihadi characters wielding weapons such as knives, machine guns, and the flag of the Islamic State in online video games.²&nbs

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