How Radicalism Goes Mainstream

Published: May 5, 2021, 1 p.m.

Events like the recent Georgia mass murder at local massage parlors, the storming of the Capitol on January 6th, and the expansion of militia activity in the United States have people asking, “how did this happen?” But this type of online recruitment and radicalization is not new. Extremists in the west have been learning from radical Islamists, and are now employing the same techniques in western democracies. On this episode of IQ4U Dr. Tamara Schwartz and Dr. James Norrie discuss the techniques and targets of online radicalization.