Fighting the Fakes: The battle against AI disinformation
The Electoral Commission has launched a deepfake detection pilot ahead of May's elections. LocalGov's editor William Eichler finds out how it works.
Counter-extremism faces ‘unprecedented challenges’
14/03/2024 The battle against radicalisation at the local level faces ‘unprecedented challenges’ due to a lack of funding, local authority leaders have warned. |
Khan announces £875k to tackle extremism
12/04/2023 Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today announced an £875,000 investment to support community projects tackling extremism across the capital. |
Assessing Prevent
05/05/2022 The voices of Prevent’s detractors have become louder. But for those with experience of the initiative within local government, cutting councils out of the loop will fail to solve the problems. Paul Marinko reports. |
Councils take key Prevent strategy role
30/05/2018 Councils have been handed administrative control of the controversial Prevent counter-terror strategy, The MJ has learned. |
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Safeguarding foster children from radicalisation
18/10/2017 William Eichler finds out how the fostering sector can protect children from radical ideologies. |
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50% of those referred to de-radicalisation programme refuse help, police say
24/08/2016 Just under half of the individuals offered support from the Government’s de-radicalisation programme last year refused to participate, according to the police. |
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Councils referred nearly 300 people to deradicalisation programme
21/06/2016 Local authorities across England and Wales referred 284 vulnerable people last year to the Government’s deradicalisation programme, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request has revealed. |
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Eight-year-old accused of being ‘radicalised’
03/03/2016 An eight-year-old has been referred to a council’s safeguarding hub over fears he could be 'radicalised' after he told his teacher he wanted to ‘fight terrorists’, the Daily Mail reports. |
