Editorial: Far-right violence in Northern Ireland linked to digital radicalization and online disinformation
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Summary
The article is an editorial discussing far-right violence in Northern Ireland, linking it to digital radicalization and online disinformation. It argues that masked men terrorizing families cannot be called "protesters" as that implies legitimate grievance. The violence was triggered by a violent assault by a Sudanese man that was widely shared online and exploited by far-right agitators to depict migrants as an "invasion." The piece warns that this real-world violence is the direct expression of unchecked online radicalization mechanisms that threaten democracy.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledMasked men who drive terrorised families out of their homes cannot be called protesters, since the word implies legitimate grievance.
The attack was depicted as part of a wider threat to white Britons by foreign 'invaders'.
Violence on the streets of Northern Ireland is the real-world expression of a sinister mechanism that goes unchecked online
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