Platform algorithms can raise child radicalization risks, English watchdog says
( August 18, 2026, 11:55 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Online platforms’ algorithms can increase the risk of children being radicalized through repeated exposure to increasingly harmful content, the Children’s Commissioner for England said Tuesday. In a report examining Prevent, a UK government program aimed at stopping young people being drawn into terrorism, commissioner Rachel de Souza said the country's online safety law was "limited in its capacity to address new and emerging forms of extremism online" and warned the communications regulator's regime wasn’t ambitious enough.Report attached. ...
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