The police officer in charge of UK counter-terrorism has said the spread of misinformation during the riots post-Southport was “turbo-charged” by foreign bots.
Matt Jukes also criticised “unhelpful” domestic commentators who know that police cannot release certain information during ongoing court proceedings, but present that as conspiracy.
The latest figures from the National Police Chiefs’ Council show policing disorder over the summer cost £31.7million.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is among those who have claimed there has been a cover-up over the Southport murders.
So far 1,590 people have been arrested, of whom 17% were children aged 17 or under.
Speaking at a policing conference in Westminster on Wednesday 20 November, Mr Jukes said: “The vast majority of that messaging, which was problematic online, was domestic, driven by people who lived in our communities, who were stoking fear in those communities.
“But we have seen that turbo-charged by bots online. And so as we were tracking the amount of traffic, hateful traffic, during the 24-hour period across the days, we would see tremendous spikes as around midnight, bots kicked in.
“And we would just see that the amplification, automation of that reach of those messages which were at times hateful, at times misinformation.”
Builtofstuff on
So they’re focusing on misinformation and not children being hacked up with a machete. Gotcha.
MDK1980 on
Remember it was all started by a right wing (Pakistani) thug.
cloche_du_fromage on
Misinformation like Axel Rudakubana being a Welsh choir boy?
Both sides have used propaganda to progress an agenda in this instance.
mactakeda on
They’ll offer any explanation rather than admit that people are rightfully and justifiably angry.
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The police officer in charge of UK counter-terrorism has said the spread of misinformation during the riots post-Southport was “turbo-charged” by foreign bots.
Matt Jukes also criticised “unhelpful” domestic commentators who know that police cannot release certain information during ongoing court proceedings, but present that as conspiracy.
The latest figures from the National Police Chiefs’ Council show policing disorder over the summer cost £31.7million.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is among those who have claimed there has been a cover-up over the Southport murders.
So far 1,590 people have been arrested, of whom 17% were children aged 17 or under.
Speaking at a policing conference in Westminster on Wednesday 20 November, Mr Jukes said: “The vast majority of that messaging, which was problematic online, was domestic, driven by people who lived in our communities, who were stoking fear in those communities.
“But we have seen that turbo-charged by bots online. And so as we were tracking the amount of traffic, hateful traffic, during the 24-hour period across the days, we would see tremendous spikes as around midnight, bots kicked in.
“And we would just see that the amplification, automation of that reach of those messages which were at times hateful, at times misinformation.”
So they’re focusing on misinformation and not children being hacked up with a machete. Gotcha.
Remember it was all started by a right wing (Pakistani) thug.
Misinformation like Axel Rudakubana being a Welsh choir boy?
Both sides have used propaganda to progress an agenda in this instance.
They’ll offer any explanation rather than admit that people are rightfully and justifiably angry.