French Campaigns against Would-be Extremists: 8 Years Boy Investigated!
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Various procedures had been carried out by the French Authority in an attempt to discourage French nationals willing to join the extremist groups.
The French government unveiled a short video and a website designed to dissuade potential extremists, who are often targeted by recruiters using slickly produced clips and social media.
The website was an attempt by the French government to counter the sophisticated recruiting efforts of extremist groups that have helped encourage thousands of European citizens to leave for Syria and Iraq in recent years.
The first video featured a series of typical promises made by extremist recruiters, followed by an opposing view of the "reality" as interpreted by the government - all against a graphic backdrop of crucifixions, headless corpses and bodies being thrown into pits.
The site also features sections such as "Understanding the terrorist threat" and "Decrypting propaganda", featuring expert interviews, historic explainers and links to more detailed information as well as a hotline.
Christian Gravel, head of the government's communications department said "We will broadcast this video widely on social networks in order to reach the maximum number of young people vulnerable to these calls. We hope it will shock them".
Another related incident was the questioning of an eight-year-old boy by French police after he allegedly made comments in school in praise of terrorists. The event highlighted fears that the authorities may be going too far in their crackdown on hate speech.
According to Marcel Authier, in charge of the region's public security, the child raised concern when he refused to take part in a minute's silence after extremist gunmen shot dead 12 people at the Paris offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on January 7.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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