Skip to main content
European Commission logo
Migration and Home Affairs

From online play to solemn pledge: youth radicalisation in digital spaces

Description

Recent cases in Singapore and the region reveal how teenagers are increasingly becoming radicalised, not through formal extremist organisations, but via gaming platforms, social media, and loosely moderated online communities. These cases reflect a broad global shift in radicalisation pathways, where identity formation, digital subcultures, and transnational narratives intersect in powerful yet often underestimated ways.

Related topic

Online radicalisation, including minors

Link

Read the document

Language:

English

Date:

16-07-2026

Proposed by:

IPS 

Source:

Bin Mohamad Hasbi, 2026