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Explore online radicalisation patterns, social media safety, and British values through interactive discussions and group activities.
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Radicalisation and social media Venue: Date: Names of trainers: Team photo
What is radicalisation? • Nicky Reilly • 22 years old • He had autism and learning difficulties • He was radicalised online • He attempted to bomb an Exeter restaurant • He was jailed for 18 years • He died in prison in 2016
This is Damon Smith He is 20 years old He has autism He is from Newton Abbot He planted a home-made bomb on the underground He used an online magazine to make bomb He has been sent to prison for 15 years
This is Lloyd Gunton He is17-years-old He has autism He read things about terrorism online He said he was going to become a terrorist He is in prison for at least 11 years
Get SMART! Was funded by Google Teams of people with learning disabilities and/or autism talked about their lives online They talked about extremism, radicalisation and terrorism They heard from experts They taught their peers and staff Team Team picture
Group • Look after each other • Respect each other • Respect each others’ feelings • No shouting, screaming, swearing • What is said in the room stays in the room UNLESS we think someone is in danger • Listen to each other • Turn up on time
Today we will talk about… • Social media: what is good and bad about it • Radicalisation • How to stay safe online • What to do if you are worried
What is social media? • Phone, tablet, computer • Things like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat • Online gaming • Dating sites • A way of keeping in touch, finding out what is happening, making friends
Social media • What do you use it for? • What apps do you use? • Have you ever been worried by anything? • Have you ever done anything you shouldn’t have?
In small groups… • Group A: What is good about social media? • Group B: What is bad about social media?
Social media Is life online better than real life?
Is life online better than real life? The Get SMART teams said: “Real life is boring. I am invisible. Online I can be whatever I want. I can achieve things.” “Life online is more attractive.” “In real life, I can’t go outside. I get bullied.” “Life online is better, but we still need to learn how to get by in the real world.”
How can we stay safer online? • Do you really know who you are talking to? • Don’t share private pictures. • Look at your privacy settings. • Don’t friend anyone you don’t really know. • Don’t share passwords. • If something scares or upsets you, tell someone! Who would you tell?
What is ‘radicalisation’? • Talk about your ideas in pairs • Write down your ideas on post-its • Stick them on the whiteboard
British values are… • We vote to change things, we don’t fight • We use the law, not force • Each of us can be who we want to be • We can all believe what we want to believe
Extremism is saying British values are wrong. • Radicalisation is when people use violence to attack British values.
Radicalisation happens… • When we need friends • When we need solutions to our problems • When things that matter to us are taken away • When we are sure we are right and others are wrong • When bad things have happened to us or people we love • When we are bored or isolated
Before we start… • If someone thinks you are being radicalised they can tell a special Police team, called Prevent. • This is known as being referred to the Prevent team. • You will need to remember this!
Compared with the rest of England… • A Nobody in Devon is being radicalised. B Fewer people are radicalised. C It’s about the same as the rest of England. • D More people are radicalised in Devon.
Question 1 A B C D Devon is a high referral area for Prevent.
In Devon most extremism is . . . A religious B left wing C right wing D supporting Plymouth Argyle
Question 2 A B C 80% of referrals to Prevent are for right wing extremism D
In Devon how many referrals are about people with learning disabilities or autism? A 10% B 25% C 50% D 75%
Question 3 A B C D 75% of all people referred to Prevent have a learning disability/autism.
When people are being radicalised, this mostly happens… A On the street B At political meetings C Online D At the church or mosque
Question 4 A B C More than half of grooming for radicalisation is taking place online. D
In Devon most referrals to Prevent are for… A girls and women B boys and men C it’s about the same D we don’t know, no records are kept
Question 5 A B Nearly all (95%) are boys/men. C D
Question 6What might tell you someone is being radicalised… A secretive internet use B sudden interest in religion or politics C people losing touch with family and friends D sharing an interest in violent images
All of them!Any of these might tell you someone is being radicalised… A secretive internet use B sudden interest in religion or politics C people losing touch with family and friends D sharing an interest in violent images
Grooming: how it happens • Identify a vulnerable person. • Engage. Befriend. Support. • Isolate from supporting friends and family. • Change what they believe. • Recruit.
Grooming 1 • Alex loves social media. It is easier to make friends. At college he gets bullied because of how he looks and what he believes. • He has a friend request from someone called HistoryX. Alex looks at his profile and confirms HistoryX as a friend. • Is that OK? • What makes Alex ‘vulnerable’?
Grooming 2 • Alex and HistoryX talk a lot online. • They love the same music and games. • HistoryX tells Alex he gets him. • Alex feels he can talk to HistoryX about things that really matter. • What makes Alex ‘vulnerable’?
Grooming 3 A few weeks later HistoryX asks Alex for a picture. Alex sends him one in his favourite clothes. HistoryX tells Alex he looks really cool. What is happening here?
Grooming 4 • A month later… • HistoryX asks Alex what he thinks about the bombing in London last week. He is really interested in what Alex says. • HistoryX agrees with Alex and sends him a link so he can find out more. • What is happening here?
