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Gaming, AI take centre stage in tussle over youth radicalisation

As extremist groups tap technology to influence young people, can the authorities hit back with the same tools?

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Gaming is a potent tool for both extremism and counter-radicalisation.

Gaming is a potent tool for both extremism and counter-radicalisation.

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Noor Huda Ismail

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As the world prepares to mark the first anniversary of the

Oct 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel,

the focus is once again on the enduring conflict between Israel and Palestine – a conflict with deep historical roots that stretch back to the establishment of Israel as a state in 1948.

This pivotal event, which marked the creation of a new nation for Jews in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, also resulted in the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, triggering decades of tension, violence, and competing claims to land, identity and sovereignty.

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