COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on young people found nearly half of the national school population being vulnerable to negative impacts. Misinformation, disinformation, stigmatisation, and extremism were disseminated at a higher rate than ever before. An extreme consequence was vulnerable young people being exposed to or becoming radicalised. Once such susceptible young person and client of the Engagement and Support Program who became radicalised during that time is our guest in this episode. Ollie talks about his process of radicalisation and how we got back on track.

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• The Boys Are Not Alright - The rise of boys being radicalised online
• Protecting Children From Online Grooming

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