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In the immediate aftermath of the attack, misinformation about the identity of the attacker began to spread widely on social media. [76] Claims that the suspect was a Muslim migrant or asylum seeker were rapidly spread by right-wing accounts. [77]
Posts sharing the false identity of the Southport stabbing suspect were viewed at least 420,000 times on social media, The Independent can reveal.. England was hit by a series of race riots in ...
A website accused of helping to fuel racist riots in the UK by publishing false information about the identity of the Southport knife attack suspect has denied being affiliated with Russia.. Anger ...
Far-right riots erupted across the country in the wake of the incident after misinformation about the suspect’s identity spread on social media. More than 1,000 arrests have since been made and ...
Far-right riots erupted across the country in the wake of the incident after misinformation about the suspect’s identity spread on social media. More than 1,000 arrests have since been made and ...
Police say the name was fake, as were rumors that the 17-year-old suspect was an asylum-seeker who had recently arrived in Britain. Online misinformation fueled tensions over the stabbing attack ...
Rioting followed the spread of false claims online that the suspect, identified as 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana from Lancashire, was an asylum seeker who had arrived in the UK by boat. Man charged ...
But a claim that the suspect was an asylum seeker or immigrant has been viewed at least 15.7 million times across X, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms, a Reuters analysis showed.