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FBI's Don't be a Puppet game targets Muslim youth, teachers' union says
Source: The Guardian
FBI's Don't be a Puppet game targets Muslim youth, teachers' union says
The counterterrorism program meant to dissuade teens from being
radicalized leads to racial profiling and bullying, American Federation
of Teachers argued
Mazin Sidahmed
Friday 26 August 2016 11.30 BST
A controversial FBI program targeting Muslim teens has drawn criticism from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), claiming it leads to bullying and profiling.
The union, which represents 1.6 million teachers in the US, sent an open letter to the FBI’s director James Comey earlier this month to call for an end to the agency’s Don’t be a Puppet program which aims to prevent youth from being radicalized.
“What we saw with the Don’t be a Puppet program, was that it created this broad based suspicion of people based upon their heritage or ethnicity,” AFT president Randi Weingarten told the Guardian.
Don’t be a Puppet: Pull Back the Curtain on Violent Extremism is an online game the FBI launched in February. It is set in a dingy basement where students compete a series of tasks to liberate a puppet on strings.
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The counterterrorism program meant to dissuade teens from being
radicalized leads to racial profiling and bullying, American Federation
of Teachers argued
Mazin Sidahmed
Friday 26 August 2016 11.30 BST
A controversial FBI program targeting Muslim teens has drawn criticism from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), claiming it leads to bullying and profiling.
The union, which represents 1.6 million teachers in the US, sent an open letter to the FBI’s director James Comey earlier this month to call for an end to the agency’s Don’t be a Puppet program which aims to prevent youth from being radicalized.
“What we saw with the Don’t be a Puppet program, was that it created this broad based suspicion of people based upon their heritage or ethnicity,” AFT president Randi Weingarten told the Guardian.
Don’t be a Puppet: Pull Back the Curtain on Violent Extremism is an online game the FBI launched in February. It is set in a dingy basement where students compete a series of tasks to liberate a puppet on strings.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/26/fbi-dont-be-a-puppet-terrorism-muslim-teachers
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Related: Countering Violent Extremism - FBI Launches New Awareness Program for Teens (FBI)
[font size=1]The main screen of the FBI’s Don’t be a Puppet online game on extremism, which was launched in February. Photograph: Federal Bureau of Investigation[/font]
