00:00These are photos of a toy gun owned by a 17-year-old boy.
00:05He was found at the scene of the school attack in Jakarta last November.
00:10Written on it, the names of Western far-right extremists such as Brenton Tarrant and Alexandre Bisonet.
00:18Nearly 100 people were injured in several bomb explosions at the school, including the young suspect.
00:25He was not affiliated with any terrorist groups, according to the police.
00:30But they say his actions appear to have been inspired by white supremacists.
00:36The teenager is now in jail, facing multiple charges of assaults.
00:40The worry at Indonesia's counterterrorism agency is he might not be alone.
00:47For us, this case should not be underestimated as an isolated incident.
00:55More teenagers may be exposed to these ideas online.
01:02And that threat will grow as digital communities expand.
01:11Indonesia, home to one of the world's largest Muslim populations,
01:16has suffered deadly attacks by Islamist militants.
01:20Now, a new concern is growing.
01:22Over the past three years, officials have recorded a rise in exposure to far-right extremism,
01:30especially online.
01:32The data show that over the past three years, particularly from 2023 to 2025,
01:42there's been a very significant increase in the exposure to such radical ideologies,
01:48intolerance, extremism, even terrorism.
01:50In online chat rooms, often connected to computer games, such ideologies can radicalize across borders and cultures.
02:02It is the thought, the idea of an underdog becoming an action man is particularly attractive.
02:08This teenager did not want to be identified.
02:10One of the games I played has a voice chat.
02:15I play with people from other countries, and that's where I heard racist language being used.
02:22Such content can be so addictive for young people.
02:25It could spark our curiosity to get involved in violence in real life.
02:29In 2025, authorities sent 70 children to rehabilitation for allegedly planning violent attacks inspired by far-right movements.
02:43They had joined online groups to share plans, and some had even made explosives at home.
02:49Analysts say white supremacists are not targeting Indonesians directly, but the algorithm means that content arrives here too.
03:00So, experts say Indonesian authorities should look beyond Islamist threats.
03:06We have to abandon those bias about what happened in Indonesia.
03:09I mean, what happened in Indonesia is mostly done by the Islamists.
03:12But it's a very typical bias, so this also affects our approach.
03:16So, we have to be more careful about it, so we don't really target only exclusively to one group, but we have to also target a larger audience.
03:25The government is growing up ways to work with teachers and parents to help prevent such radicalization.
03:31It also plans to follow neighbor Australia and restrict social media access for minors from March.
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