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Singapore's teen ISA case: Is the Internet to blame for youth self-radicalisation?
News that a teenager here had planned to carry out a terror attack has parents worried about their children’s activities online. But experts say the Internet is not solely to blame. The Sunday Times reports
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Online behaviour, such as cyber harassment or consumption of radicalised content, are likely linked to issues experienced in the physical world.
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Fabian Koh, Sherlyn Sim
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SINGAPORE - Marine operations executive Shio Kumar thought little of his children's activities on the Internet until news broke that a 16-year-old had planned to carry out terror attacks here after being radicalised online.
The father of five - aged three to 24 - said his children had free access to devices but now questions the decision.
