How to save kids from online extremism

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🗓️ 28 December 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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A lot of IRL violence starts with online radicalization. We revisit our conversation with writer and parent Joanna Schroeder, who wrote a guide for parents about what to look out for and how to intervene. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today explained the years ending and we thought we'd bring you some of the episodes that really helped us as a team understand the world around us.
0:09.6	And sadly, that's a world where we occasionally have to contend with mass shootings.
0:14.7	We're still mass shootings perpetrated by teenagers.
0:18.5	In 2022, we saw an 18-year-old murder black people at a grocery store and another 18-year-old murdered children at an elementary school.
0:28.0	The internet is treacherous enough for adults, but the teens.
0:32.1	We wanted to figure out how parents can stop their kids from getting radicalized online and we found a mom who tried.
0:39.4	And the first time I heard an eight-year-old scream to the end were, it was like, okay, here's the conversation we need to have.
0:47.2	How to have a little more faith your kids aren't being radicalized online coming up on the program.
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1:14.3	The credits for UK's biggest free streaming service.
1:16.7	Now we've told you what to do.
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1:20.0	Watch and rewatch.
1:20.9	We'll do.
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