Social media platforms warned over role in fuelling Belfast riots
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After Belfast riots, UK reminds social platforms they're obligated to remove hateful content
The UK's communications regulator has reminded social media platforms they have a duty to minimize hateful content, not encourage it.
Cars burn in Belfast, bricks fly in Southampton – and the ubiquitous cry of ‘civil war’ goes up again | John Harris
For most, what we see in real life is mundane. But those who wish to fan the flames of anti-immigrant feeling share a different image online It was the summer of 2024 when it all decisively started, with the horrific murders in Southport, countrywide violence and Elon Musk’s observation that a B...
Bus, cars, houses torched in Belfast anti-immigration riots
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