ISLAMABAD, Dec 31 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani authorities said yesterday that, terrorists and extremist groups are using online platforms for radicalisation targeting vulnerable children, making it a serious digital threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interior Minister of the country’s southern Sindh province, Zia Ul Hassan Lanjar, said that, the online radicalisation, followed a structured pattern, beginning with ideological exposure and gradually progressing to direct psychological manipulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The method included the use of anonymous social media accounts, emotional validation to build trust, repeated exposure to extremist propaganda, and fear-based narratives, aimed at creating emotional dependence and a distorted sense of purpose,” said the minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The minister also called on the local and international social media companies, to strengthen compliance measures, including the proactive removal of extremist and hate-based content, shutting down terrorist-linked accounts and proxy networks, and enhancing safeguards to prevent minors from being exposed to violent propaganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Underscoring the growing challenge of online radicalisation, the minister reaffirmed the state’s resolve to protect children, dismantle extremist networks and enforce the law without exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier on Monday, the minister, along with other police officials, told media that, security agencies had saved a minor girl, who was recruited as a suicide bomber, by handlers linked to a terrorist network, with hate-based and extremist content and subjected to psychological grooming.– NNN-APP <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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