Discord, Roblox, & the pipeline to school shootings (Fighting Matters podcast)
Riedman Report: Risk, AI, Education, & Security
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Show Notes
The goal of Fighting Matters Podcast is to combat extremism in martial arts like BJJ & MMA featuring hosts Steve Kwan & Jesse Walker (both Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belts).
Topics discussed on this episode (each link is an article I’ve written):
* The Tumbler Ridge shooting and the pattern behind it
* How the True Crime Community (TCC) radicalizes teens online
* Roblox as a grooming and recruitment platform
* The Discord pipeline from mainstream social media to extremism
* Trans shooters and what the data actually says
* Nihilism vs. ideological terrorism
* Why expelling a troubled kid can make things worse
* How BJJ gyms provide the belonging that prevents violence
David Riedman, PhD is the creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database, Chief Data Officer at a global risk management firm, and a tenure-track professor. Listen to my podcast—Riedman Report: Risk, AI, Education & Security—or my interviews on Freakonomics Radio and the New England Journal of Medicine.
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