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2024-02-01 21:36:24 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 61F6E4C487B9EE9CD5319EE2CC4866137CDF284CE8BBECA690623E090B297FD2
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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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