Guidance

The use of social media for online radicalisation

Guide for schools on how terrorist groups such as ISIL use social media to encourage travel to Syria and Iraq.

From:
Department for Education and Home Office
Published
1 July 2015

Applies to England

Documents

How social media is used to encourage travel to Syria and Iraq: briefing note for schools

PDF, 674 KB, 5 pages

Details

This guide is for:

  • headteachers
  • teachers
  • safeguarding leads

The guide:

  • includes a short summary of some of the main Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) propaganda claims
  • identifies social media sites which ISIL is using
  • advises what actions schools and teachers should take to protect pupils

Updates to this page

Published 1 July 2015

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