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France faces rising terror risk as younger users fall for online jihadism

Jihadist propaganda targeting young people is being spread through social media. © Rneaw / iStock / Getty Images

As France marks 10 years since the 13 November Paris attacks, security experts warn the jihadist threat has shifted to a younger generation drawn in through algorithm-driven feeds. Radicalisation is now happening faster and earlier, with teenagers lured by online propaganda rather than established Islamist networks. RFI spoke with Laurène Renaut, a Sorbonne researcher of online jihadist circles, about how this shift is unfolding and why it is proving so difficult to contain.

RFI: The potential terror threat is now coming from increasingly younger individuals in France. What are the typical profiles of radicalised young people you have observed?

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