How some online networks target and radicalize kids

The FBI is investigating at least 250 people who may be tied to online networks that target children.<br /><br />These networks encourage kids to hurt themselves, other minors or even animals. In some countries, they have been tied to mass casualty and terrorism plots.<br /><br />NPR's domestic extremism correspondent Odette Yousef has spoken with a family that experienced this firsthand. <br /><br />For sponsor-free episodes of <em>Consider This,</em> sign up for C<em>onsider This+</em> via Apple Podcasts or at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/">plus.npr.org</a>. <br /><br />Email us at <a href="mailto:considerthis@npr.org">considerthis@npr.org</a>.