EU-funded anti-terror videos accused of being ‘Isil recruitment tools’

European Union funded videos meant to combat radicalisation and foreign fighter recruitment have been accused of encouraging young people to join Isil and other terror groups.  

The European Commission has demanded a review of the #heartofdarkness campaign, which features slick, moody videos that, according to critics, justifies the motives of radicalised youth who turn to terror.   

MEPs, think tanks and NGOs have said that some of the videos in the counter-terrorism campaign were so glamorous they “could be considered a recruitment tool” for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil). 

One video shows disaffected young men and women rapping about overcoming the temptation to be radicalised….

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