{
  "id": 3272800,
  "title": "London launches back-to-school online extremism training",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/london-launches-back-to-school-online-extremism-training-3272800",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T13:26:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uk/2026/08/25/london-launches-back-to-school-online-extremism-training/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "London authorities have initiated an online training program for students starting the new school year, aimed at teaching them how to detect and resist online extremism. Mayor Sadiq Khan spearheaded the initiative, allocating £875,000 ($1.2 million) from the Shared Endeavour Fund to support projects combating misinformation, prejudice, and intolerance in London's communities and online spaces. Tech Against Terrorism, a non-profit organization, is set to run workshops for secondary school students and teachers to equip them with critical reasoning skills to challenge extremist content online. Adam Hadley, founder and CEO of the online extremism campaign, emphasized that a significant number of individuals who become radicalized into terrorism are young people. The workshops will cover AI-generated content, nihilistic material, and other forms of violent extremism, including far-right and Islamist extremism. The program also includes funding for the Stand UP! Education Against Discrimination project, which will deliver classroom workshops on anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim hate led by Jewish and Muslim facilitators. The Thoughtful project, focused on training teachers to help young people reject hate, intolerance, and extremist ideologies, will also receive financial support. Mayor Khan highlighted the growing concern of increased violence among children influenced by extremist online content, stating that the UK's Prevent counter-radicalization program had been criticized for a lack of distinct ideology in cases like the Southport attacker.",
  "summary": "Pupils returning for the new school year in London are to be trained in detecting and resisting the spread of extremism online. Instruction on how to challenge anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim hate is part of a new initiative by Sadiq Khan, mayor of London. New funding has been made available for a programme that tackles misinformation, prejudice and intolerance in London’s communities and online.…",
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        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "London launches back-to-school online extremism training",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/london-launches-back-to-school-online-extremism-training",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:26:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}