Expert: Violent 764 group a ‘growing problem’ targeting vulnerable kids online

Expert: Violent 764 group a ‘growing problem’ targeting vulnerable kids online

(OSV News) -- A number of violent extremist groups, led by minors and young adults, are increasingly targeting kids online -- in some cases, with deadly results. And as federal officials, counterterrorism experts and child advocates sound the alarm, parents need to take action amid the "growing problem," a scholar at a Catholic university told OSV

Expert: Violent 764 group a 'growing problem' targeting vulnerable kids online

A number of violent extremist groups, led by minors and young adults, are increasingly targeting kids online — in some cases, with deadly results. And as federal officials, counterterrorism experts and child advocates sound the alarm, parents need to take action amid the “growing problem,” a scholar at a Catholic university told OSV News. “There is a naive view of the dangers that are currently online,” said Mary Graw Leary, professor of law at …