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Kat Wong and Lucinda Garbutt-Young

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Online spaces social media speeding up radicalisation - The Untold Story

The radicalisation of young people is posing a significant challenge, AFP chief Krissy Barrett says. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Young Australians are being moved to violent extremism in a matter of days as the speed and scale of radicalisation accelerate.

For years, terrorists and extremists have used the internet to target young people and convince them to plan and carry out violent acts.

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