Commentary: Redpilling, rabbit holes and how far-right ideology spreads in online spaces

Commentary: Redpilling, rabbit holes and how far-right ideology spreads in online spaces

Article published by CNA (13 February 2021)

SINGAPORE: The Internal Security Department (ISD) recently announced the detention of a 16-year old Protestant Christian of Indian descent for planning to attack two mosques, after being radicalised through exposure to far-right extremist ideology on the Internet.

This shocking event is a chilling demonstration that Singapore is not immune to the allure of such movements, despite seeming so distant from its places of origin in Europe and North America…

Read the full article here.

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