Days of rioting in England and Belfast. Social media has been used by the far-right to spread rumours about immigrants and organise protests that have become violent. Thousands of police officers are on alert. So what's behind the surge in violence? Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom Guests: Shabna Begum, Chief Executive Officer of the Runnymede Trust, a British race equality and civil rights think tank. Katy Brown is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Maynooth University in Ireland focusing on mainstream far-right discourse. Sohan Dsouza is a computational social scientist, studying links between disinformation and political extremism. Subscribe to our channel: Follow us on Twitter: Find us on Facebook: Check our website: Check out our Instagram page: Download AJE Mobile App: https
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