AIVD: Radical groups use memes and emojis to hide messages

Writing (ALN).- Through the emoticons, young people can convey messages regarding sex, drugs, violence, self-inflicted harm, or political extremism and ‘incelent’ culture. As the Daily Mail notes, Liverpool police in the UK have distributed a periodic table of the hidden meaning of the [...] The post Get to know the dark side of the emoji that teenagers use when chatting was first published in ALnavio.

Radical groups use public chat channels to reach minors, hiding their messages in memes and emojis to avoid being noticed by parents and detection software.