As Yvette Cooper (Home Secretary) and others set out the responsibility of social media firms for inciting the hatred & violence over the weekend, it must be time to examine the posts of various prominent Far Rightists (including the ubiquitous Mr Farage) and explore charges of incitement - as this was exactly what they were doing.
Social media firms are unlikely to act, so the police should be acting in the real world in which the incitement played out....
#riots #socialmedia
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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