Google's approach presumes that Islamic terrorism is driven by ignorant people.
They will link to media from outside the viewer's filter bubble, so the ignorant Daesh recruit would become educated and choose another path.
But is ignorance really the root cause? Researchers found that Islamist radicals are disproportionately well educated, and frequently have an engineering background.
Using rigorous methods and several new datasets, they explain
the link between educational discipline and type of radicalism
by looking at two key factors: the social mobility (or lack thereof)
for engineers in the Muslim world, and a particular mindset
seeking order and hierarchy that is found more frequently among
engineers. Engineers' presence in some extremist groups and not
others, the authors argue, is a proxy for individual traits
that may account for the much larger question of selective
recruitment to radical activism.
If prospective terrorists are already well educated, will linking to alternative viewpoints tell them anything they didn't already know?
They will link to media from outside the viewer's filter bubble, so the ignorant Daesh recruit would become educated and choose another path.
But is ignorance really the root cause? Researchers found that Islamist radicals are disproportionately well educated, and frequently have an engineering background.
https://www.amazon.com/Engineers-Jihad-Connection-Extremism-...
If prospective terrorists are already well educated, will linking to alternative viewpoints tell them anything they didn't already know?