Far-right using COVID-19 conspiracy theories to lure young: UK police
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Far-right using COVID-19 conspiracy theories to lure young: UK police
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Far-right using COVID-19 conspiracy theories to lure
young: UK police
Extremist groups, especially on ทางเข้า slotxo the far-right, have used conspiracy
theories about the COVID-19 pandemic as a recruiting tool to attract young
supporters, a senior British police officer said on Monday (May 10).
"Recent analysis suggests that conspiracy theories are particularly engaging for
a younger audience," Matt Twist, one of Britain's top counter-terrorism officers,
told reporters.
"Extremists on both sides, particularly the right wing terrorism space, use memes
and conspiracy theories as a way of hooking in young and vulnerable people
on social media platforms."
There have been a mass of conspiracy theories since the start of the coronavirus
pandemic last year, from whether COVID-19 existed and how it was spread,
to myths around vaccines.
Twist said the pandemic had meant more people spending time online,
while it had been easier for conspiracy theories, such as the claim illnesses were
linked to 5G network towers, to reach a mainstream audience.
"You can't tackle every conspiracy theory and there is a fine balance between
people's rights to free speech and people's rights to have a view," Twist said.
"It's where that becomes corrosive, where that's used as a sort of hook to get
people into more extreme ideology, and therefore sort of pushing them towards
terrorism."
In February, Britain lowered its threat level from international terrorism to ‘substantial’
from ‘severe’, the third highest tier which means an attack is deemed to be likely |
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