Using Online Counseling To Fight Jihad.

The article discusses the nonprofit group Gen Next, which uses both online and in person contact to help deradicalize or deprogram radical Islamists by using former radicals who have left potentially terrorist groups such as the British-based Hizb ut-Tahrir, which promotes a unified Islamic state, but praises jihad and has been linked to murder. Gen Next intends to expand it operations from Europe into the U.S. using its Against Violent Extremism Network, with support by companies including Google and Facebook.