About this episode

The episode discusses how social media has contributed to far-right riots in the UK following recent attacks.

The UK has seen far-right riots in the wake of two attacks in recent weeks - in Southampton and Belfast.  Writer: Poppy Bullard Producer: Poppy Bullard Host: Ada Barume Episode photography: Joe Mee Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Ada Barume

Topics covered

• far-right riots
• social media
• UK politics
• public safety
• recent attacks

Keywords

• far-right
• riots
• social media
• Southampton
• Belfast
• UK
• politics
• Poppy Bullard

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Observer

Places: Southampton, Belfast

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