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‘A polarisation engine’: how social media has created a ‘perfect storm’ for UK’s far-right riots
Algorithms that send the most outrageous comments viral and a chain reaction of anger and disinformation made the riots that followed the Southport killings inevitable
Photograph: Hollie Adams/ReutersFor Jacob Davey, the director of policy and research for counter-hate at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in London, it was “a perfect storm”, with a rising far right in the UK emboldened by recent mass demonstrations and far-right figures such as Tommy Robinson “replatformed” on X while measures to hold hate in check are rolled back. And civil liberties groups such as Big Brother Watch fear that some of Starmer’s solutions – including a pledge to increase facial recognition systems – involve creating further tech-fuelled harms. Ravi Naik at the law firm AWO, which specialises in bringing claims against technology companies, said there were many steps that could be taken, such as enforcement by the Information Commissioner’s Office to limit data use, or the police taking action over incitement to violence.
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