POLICIES & PROCEDURES:
PROTECTING ICT
WITHIN THE PREVENT FRAMEWORK
Prevent is part of our counter-terrorism strategy. Its aim is to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. We are committed to Prevent and depend on a successful integration strategy. We work with local communities and local authorities in this strategy.
The Internet has transformed the extent to which terrorist organisations and their sympathisers can radicalise people in this country and overseas. It enables a wider range of organisations and individuals to reach a much larger audience with a broader and more dynamic series of messages and narratives. It encourages interaction and facilitates recruitment.
The way people use the Internet also appears to be conducive to these processes. Despite the wealth of information available, people often talk to those whose views are similar to their own, encouraging group thinking and inhibiting external challenge.
We have securities in place to stop learners visiting any sites that incite radicalisation and we see this as a vital part of the policy. There are a number of internet-specific measures which Crosby Training take to address the threat of radicalisation online. They include steps to:We have securities in place to stop learners visiting any sites that incite radicalisation and we see this as a vital part of the policy. There are a number of internet-specific measures which Crosby Training take to address the threat of radicalisation online. They include steps to:
➢ Limit access to harmful content online
➢ Ensure that action is taken to try to remove unlawful and harmful content from being allowed through the firewall
Crosby Training has filtering software that has the ‘kitemark’. The kitemark covers commercial filtering software. Online material can be referred to the CTIRU through the Directgov website, which also explains how material which is unlawful or offensive can be referred directly to the company which hosts the relevant site and whose contractual terms of use may be breached by it.
There are some projects intended to educate Internet users so that they can protect themselves online. These projects have educated users in the techniques being used by online radicalisers and have reached schools, community groups, youth centres and mosques. Crosby Training staff have all attended CHANNEL training to gain a better understanding of PREVENT and what is best practice.
Internet filtering across our sites is essential. We want to ensure that learners are unable to access unlawful material. YouTube has introduced a ‘promoting terrorism’ referral flag for any context of a terrorist nature, enabling YouTube users to report terrorist content, which might be in breach of YouTube’s Community Guidelines. Crosby Training does not allow You Tube to be accessed at any of its sites.
It is our responsibility to have the following in place in all of our centres:
• Appropriate accountability
• Monitoring
• Evaluation
• Oversight arrangements
Policy Docs: ICT Prevent Framework Policy 2025: Review date: January 2026
