7 December 2025 20:30

France faces rising terror risk as younger users fall for online jihadism


As France marks 10 years since the 13 November Paris attacks, security experts warn the jihadist threat has shifted to a younger generation drawn in through algorithm-driven feeds. Radicalisation is now happening faster and earlier, with teenagers lured by online propaganda rather than established Islamist networks. RFI spoke with Laurène Renaut, a Sorbonne researcher of online jihadist circles, about how this shift is unfolding and why it is proving so difficult to contain.

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