While the progression of information technology and its wide scale accessibility has been beneficial to achieving tremendous advancements in various fields of study, it comes with certain drawbacks that are most recognizable through the display of online extremism through social media, and more specifically in the nature of its use by the youth. Social media platforms have become a focal platform for the dissemination of unauthenticated narratives, many of which are predicated on hate and divisiveness, leaving young minds vulnerable to influence on a scale that is global and immediate. More so, the lack of physical interaction in online communication offers a false sense of confidence, which is often detrimental to the value of social tolerance and flames online extremism. For the youth, the problem is further magnified as this mistaken sense leads to the sharing of hostile and hateful material that can be categorized under offences such as hate-speech, cyber-bullying, and incitement to violence. The resulting effect of such behavior is damaging to human development as it can lead to decline in empathy, increased intolerance, isolation, and a breakdown in social relationships.