Like me, I am sure that you watched the scenes this summer with horror and dismay as rioters and extremists – in person and online – spewed hatred and threatened violence towards people of colour and immigrants in many towns and cities across the UK.
This was sparked, as we know, by disinformation that was spread online, including on social media, about the tragedy that unfolded at a dance event in Southport – the murder of three young children and the attempted murder of eight others and two adults.
A fake name was given to the attacker, with false claims that he was a refugee who had arrived by boat in the UK and that he was a Muslim.
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