According to The Guardian, Boy says he was first exposed to extremist material on TikTok, turned to Telegram and YouTube for bomb-making instructions, and used ChatGPT to devise his plans.
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Teenager who planned terror attack in Sydney tells court he was radicalised online and used AI to strategise
By Marcus Reed
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The report, filed in our Tech section, was first published by The Guardian on Tuesday, November 10 and concerns Sydney.
Background
TikTok: TikTok is a Chinese social networking service and short-form online video platform. It hosts user-submitted videos, which range in duration from three seconds to 60 minutes. It can be accessed through a mobile app or through its website.
Sydney: Sydney is the capital of the state of New South Wales and the largest city in Australia.
YouTube: YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen, all of whom were former employees at PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.
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