UK Police crack down on 4 y/o "Fortnite Terrorist".

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UK Police crack down on 4 y/o "Fortnite Terrorist".

Post by DBTrek » Tue Feb 02, 2021 6:24 pm


OPPRESSED GAMER: Four-Year-Old Referred to UK’s Counter Extremism ‘Prevent’ Scheme Over Fortnite Comments


A four-year-old boy was referred to Prevent, the UK government’s counter extremism task force, over comments he made at school about playing Fortnite.
The boy was allegedly overheard during an after-school club session talking about “guns and bombs” that were apparently in his father’s shed, and was referred to the Prevent scheme, which is the UK government’s counter-extremism strategy, designed to tackle prospective terrorists, and de-radicalize them before anything happens.

However, according to The Guardian, transcripts of a conversation with the worker at the club in September 2019 clearly highlighted that the reference to weapons was to do with Fortnite. The boy had been to his father’s house the previous night, and had been enthusiastically recounting watching his cousin playing the game to his friends. ...

...Despite the boy clearly talking about Fortnite, police turned up to the family house at 10:30 p.m. to question them under the Prevent scheme. ...

... According to a freedom of information request by The Observer, the boy in question was one of 624 under-six-year-olds referred to the Prevent scheme between 2016 and 2019.


https://nationalfile.com/oppressed-game ... -comments/
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Re: UK Police crack down on 4 y/o "Fortnite Terrorist".

Post by The Conservative » Wed Feb 03, 2021 7:31 am

DBTrek wrote:
Tue Feb 02, 2021 6:24 pm

OPPRESSED GAMER: Four-Year-Old Referred to UK’s Counter Extremism ‘Prevent’ Scheme Over Fortnite Comments


A four-year-old boy was referred to Prevent, the UK government’s counter extremism task force, over comments he made at school about playing Fortnite.
The boy was allegedly overheard during an after-school club session talking about “guns and bombs” that were apparently in his father’s shed, and was referred to the Prevent scheme, which is the UK government’s counter-extremism strategy, designed to tackle prospective terrorists, and de-radicalize them before anything happens.

However, according to The Guardian, transcripts of a conversation with the worker at the club in September 2019 clearly highlighted that the reference to weapons was to do with Fortnite. The boy had been to his father’s house the previous night, and had been enthusiastically recounting watching his cousin playing the game to his friends. ...

...Despite the boy clearly talking about Fortnite, police turned up to the family house at 10:30 p.m. to question them under the Prevent scheme. ...

... According to a freedom of information request by The Observer, the boy in question was one of 624 under-six-year-olds referred to the Prevent scheme between 2016 and 2019.


https://nationalfile.com/oppressed-game ... -comments/
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