Disorder continued in Sunderland city centre as police in protective gear were attacked by rioters who set off fire extinguishers.
This conversation is important now more than ever after far-right riots ravaged the country last week I receive racism, abuse, and threats regularly on social media. In fact, this hate became so bad that I decided to do something about it. So early last year I started calling people out for it through what I like to call my Block of the Week on social media, using the hashtag #ButlerBlocks.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next I feel there is a very real connection between what people see online and what is happening on the streets. We have seen how easily people are caught up in misinformation online and whipped into a frenzy, with Joe Rogan and Elon Musk recently sharing blatantly incorrect content about our country locking people up for things like ‘thought crimes’.
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