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State-Funded Game Sparks Debate on Extremism and Immigration

1/9/2026

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Story summary

Pathways is a state-funded computer game for 11- to 18-year-olds about potential referrals to a counter-terrorism program for questioning mass migration.
The Home Office's Prevent initiative funds the game.
It presents choices that could lead to being reported for "extreme Right-wing ideology."
An in-game meter tracks consequences and highlights tensions around immigration in East Yorkshire.

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Story summary

Pathways is a state-funded computer game for 11- to 18-year-olds about potential referrals to a counter-terrorism program for questioning mass migration.
The Home Office's Prevent initiative funds the game.
It presents choices that could lead to being reported for "extreme Right-wing ideology."
An in-game meter tracks consequences and highlights tensions around immigration in East Yorkshire.