BIN: Millennials The Main Target Of Terrorism Group, Parents Are Asked For Reading Control

JAKARTA - The National Intelligence Agency (BIN) has said that young people are the main targets for recruitment by terrorist groups. Moreover, the recruitment of new members is usually done through social media.

"Indeed, millennials are the main target of them (terrorist groups, ed)," said Deputy VII BIN Wawan Hari Purwanto in an online discussion broadcast on YouTube, Saturday, April 3.

Not only that, millennials are targeted because they are often not critical or ingest the teachings made in such a way as possible by this group.

"So, we always convey to millennials and the second liner community outside the millennial to do the checking and also ask the experts with the intention of making this study comprehensive," he said.

Furthermore, Wawan also asked parents to continue to control their children, especially those who entered the millennial age. Including controlling the reading they are reading.

This, said Wawan, can only be done by each parent. Because, they know more about the character of their children than other people.

"Those who are usually cheerful are gloomy, who usually don't go anywhere so they suddenly come home asking for money. He (kids, ed) only talks to networks on social media because he is driven there to do anything. , "he said.

"Therefore, we always encourage millennials to control the reading of the millennials by their parents. Because only their parents understand the best," added Wawan.

Furthermore, in addition to parents, his party will also continue to strive to conduct 24-hour patrols to monitor millennial activities in cyberspace. "And we have also reminded a lot," he concluded.