Social media and messaging services, particularly Telegram and X (Twitter), have been used to spread false narratives and anti-migrant, anti-Muslim and racist hate, reaching millions of people in the UK. CCDH has organised an open letter aimed at platforms, government, and the public with our demands.
New analysis shows that Tommy Robinson’s posts on X have been viewed over 434 million times since the outbreak of far-right riots targeting Muslims and migrants in the UK – and that Musk’s platform has shown fact-checks on just one of Robinson’s posts in that time.
New research by CCDH shows that X (formerly Twitter) continues to host nearly 86% of a set of 300 hateful posts after a week since we reported them. As of September 7th 2023, tweets promoting and glorifying antisemitism, anti-Black racism, neo-Nazism, white supremacy and/or other racism were still up.
Malicious speculation and false information spread across social media following the stabbing attack in Southport, UK – which took the lives of three girls aged between six and nine. Violent unrest erupted first in Southport, […]
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