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2024-02-01 20:45:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5F5B70E8B55E2A38685C4A235B51EC888D6CAE21D1310965960292C67B47F156
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The headline is correct - a UK government programme claimed that enjoying these books - and other mainstream literature and TV shows - were signs of extremism. These statements were criticized as government overreach, including in a review called by the parliament: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-prevents-report-and-government-response/independent-review-of-prevent-accessible https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-you-really-be-radicalised-by-great-british-railway-journeys/ NNN.
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