15 June 2020
UK Counter-terror Programme Targeted “Black Asian Ethnic Minority” (BAME) Women Using Social Media “Influencers”
'Stoosh' campaign aimed at young Asian and Black women was created by media company contracted by Home Office
By Ian Cobain and Nadda Osman
More evidence is emerging of the British government developing motivational online media platforms targeted at young women as part of a covert counter-terrorism campaign.
Security officials have acknowledged that a Facebook page and Instagram account entitled
Stoosh were created as part of the UK’s controversial Prevent counter-radicalisation programme.
The admission comes nine months after the same officials confirmed that a similar online platform entitled
This Is Woke had been created as part of the programme.
Stoosh draws its name from a Jamaican patois term meaning superior, while This Is Woke draws upon the expression “stay woke”, a call – originally African-American – to remain aware of social and racial justice issues.
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UK counter-terror programme targeted BAME women using Instagram influencers