The Current

How online hate and lies fuelled violent U.K. riots


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Mayor of South Yorkshire Oliver Coppard says he’s embarrassed and ashamed of an attempt to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers on Sunday, as well as the wider anti-immigration riots that have flared up across the U.K. We hear what happened, and how online hate and disinformation about a recent mass stabbing have fuelled the violence.

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