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TL;DR
- Emerging terror threats require Britain to change its approach.
- Extremists are moving from sophisticated, centrally directed attacks to decentralized networks and individuals radicalized online.
- Social disunity, high immigration without integration, and global conflicts contribute to radicalization in the UK.
- Security services face challenges tracking decentralized cells and individuals radicalized online.
- Extremists use mainstream social media for propaganda and identify recruits before moving them to private servers.
- Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to make it harder for security services to track extremist activity.