Online Extremism, Identity, and Safeguarding: How to Protect Young Minds

🎙️ In this episode of the Able to Care Podcast, host Andy Baker speaks with safeguarding and Prevent specialist Sabera to explore radicalisation, online extremism, and how we can better protect and empower young people.

Together, they unpack what Prevent and Channel really are, how the safeguarding model works, and why early intervention is crucial. They dive deep into online grooming, far-right and incel movements, violent misogyny, and why understanding history, identity, and values matters more than ever.

This conversation is essential for teachers, carers, parents, and anyone supporting young people in today’s fast-changing world.

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📝 Key Topics Covered:

🔍 What Is Prevent and Channel Really About?
Sabera explains how Channel panels work and how early intervention can help safeguard individuals at risk of radicalisation.

⚖️ Safeguarding, Not Policing:
Why Prevent isn’t about blame or surveillance—but proactive, supportive interventions that protect vulnerable people.

🧠 Modern Extremism Explained:
From violent misogyny and incels to far-right accelerationism and mixed ideologies—understanding the risks today’s youth face online.

🕸️ The Role of Online Platforms:
Why educators and parents must stay informed about unmoderated online spaces like Discord, 4chan, and BitChute.

🌍 Identity, History, and Integration:
Sabera and Andy discuss British values, shared history, and how identity and cultural understanding can foster inclusion.

📉 The Need for Nuanced Dialogue:
Why civil discourse, safe spaces, and cultural education matter—and how both Prevent and society need to evolve with the times.

💬 Key Takeaways:

✅ Prevent and Channel are safeguarding tools—not punishment.
✅ Radicalisation can affect anyone, from any background.
✅ Extremism has evolved: misogyny, incel ideologies, and far-right rhetoric are on the rise.
✅ Community, education, and connection are our best defences.
✅ Storytelling, history, and human rights need more space in schools and society.

📚 Further Resources:

• Act Early Campaign

• Hope Not Hate

• Able Hub – Resources for carers, parents, educators

• Targeting the Positive – Andy Baker’s book on behaviour and connection

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