Article 5EWYR The misogynist incel movement is spreading. Should it be classified as a terror threat?

The misogynist incel movement is spreading. Should it be classified as a terror threat?

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Lois Beckett
from World news | The Guardian on (#5EWYR)

Violence linked to the ideology has killed as many as 50 people in the US and Canada and sparked debate among counterterrorism experts and police

As attacks linked to the misogynist incel" movement mounted in recent years, authorities around the world have begun to treat the ideology as a more serious terrorism threat.

Since 2014, men who call themselves involuntary celibates" and blame women for their own lack of sexual and social status have carried out mass killings in California, Florida, and Toronto.

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