THE warning by Tan Sri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay that terrorist recruiters are targeting Malaysian children through online gaming platforms should serve as a wake-up call.
His allegation that children aged 12, 14 and 15 had been recruited through Roblox, indoctrinated and taught to carry out attacks highlights a disturbing evolution in extremist recruitment.
The danger is not that gaming itself produces terrorists, but that familiar digital environments can become gateways to manipulation, radicalisation and violence.
Traditional terrorist recruitment often depended on personal connections, physical gatherings and direct ideological instruction.
