Weapons of Mass Disruption

Your Children Disrupted! Radicalizing Youth in Video Game Platforms.

Dr. Tamara Schwartz, Nevin Ferry Season 4 Episode 2

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Video game environments like Roblox and Minecraft attract children as young as age 9. Although there are content restrictions, such as limited chat functionality, voice communications, and friend requests, many children bypass these protections, not understanding why they are in place. On this episode of WMD, Dr. Tamara Schwartz talks with Nevin Ferry, a cybersecurity management student at the York College of PA, about how radical ideologies are being spread through gaming platforms.