Kevin Beaumont
A reminder that everything being shared online about the Southport attacker is not real, and is being reshared by media outlets in Russia to peddle anti-migrant fears (and by IT people on LinkedIn).
The person also isn’t called Ali Al-Shakati, and did not arrive by boat.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cevwgqz0x41t?post=asset%3A41e0a685-70bf-4606-bcd4-013cdf5c3e1f#post
Kevin Beaumont
Oh what a surprise, social media posts have lead to a riot in Southport.
Kevin Beaumont
Rioting is still continuing in parts of the UK due to social media posts about the Southport attacker.
People are turning up with “STOP THE BOATS” banners.
It was a kid born in Wales.
Kevin Beaumont
More than 90 arrests after far-right demonstrations turn violent https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jqjqxl3dyo
Kevin Beaumont
I used to live just down the road from this in Liverpool. Locals burnt it down and stopped the fire brigade from putting out the fire.
Kevin Beaumont
Twitter unbanned Tommy Robinson, which is driving a lot of this. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl4y0453nv5o
Kevin Beaumont
Oh good, Elon’s jumped on the “stop the boats” bandwagon now.. for a killer who was born and raised in the UK.
LN
@GossiTheDog The worst part is that he absolutely does this on purpose. He knows this is misinformation, but this is his goal. Also, this is borderline a call for violence. How does this man never suffer any consequences from his mental diarrhea is beyond me.
Kevin Beaumont
After burning down libraries and attacking mosques, the mob have now moved onto Holiday Inns.
Somebody is going to end getting killed if this continues.
It is blatant racism and those involved and those who enable it - including Elon after unbanning Tommy and engaging with this stuff on his own platform - should feel ashamed of themselves.
vic
Kevin Beaumont
Elon Musk's UK 'civil war' post criticised by No 10 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydddy3qzgo
Kevin Beaumont
BMW set upon and Asian men inside attacked - how violence surged in one city https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj622z0w7n0o
Kevin Beaumont
Elon is going all in on supporting violent racist thugs https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydddy3qzgo
Kevin Beaumont
Former VP of Twitter on what is happening https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy8497l7dx8t?post=asset%3A73e310f7-53d5-4645-b1d4-0b3437e2eb22#post
Kevin Beaumont
The UK government have been leaning heavily on Telegram today, and they appear to have won - Telegram are booting riot planning channels. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy8497l7dx8t?post=asset%3A9111547c-be78-47a2-8985-843e93209fe9#post
Tony Hoyle
@GossiTheDog They'll likely just go to Signal. and I don't think that has any moderation at all..
Paul Sutton
Sounds good, I can see signal is next.
The problem is, that these platforms are e2ee which for many is essential, esp if journalist or at risk from oppressive regimes, having people on there who take full advantage of that to set up riots, will fuel argulents to clamp down on these platforms which of course will have a drametic (and perhaps deadly) impac on the very people who need to use them.
Kevin Beaumont
Just over a hundred anti-immigrant protests/riots were planned in the UK today, but only a handful of people turned up to them - instead tens of thousands of anti-racism people turned up, and there’s been no violence.
Viraptor
@GossiTheDog exactly what I'd expect from Bristol. They don't disappoint in social issues ❤️
Kevin Beaumont
One of the people jailed in the UK who posted material on Twitter to stir up racial hatred during recent unrest across the UK is being paid £1700 a month by X.
X - who can’t pay their office rent and other bills - led by Musk, who said there would be civil war in the UK, is literally paying the people who are trying to start civil war.
billy
@GossiTheDog hate to be nit-picky, but i'm thinking from the perspective of "what would someone who loves elon musk say about this?"
and i think they'd say you're spreading fake news because the bbc article said £1400, not £1700
altho if i've missed anything then lmk, typing this mid-teams meeting lul
Kevin Beaumont
For those who don’t know, Twitter do ad revenue sharing for viral accounts nowadays - you get money from replies, so it incentivises rage bait accounts. Eg they pay Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson.
In the interests of transparency they wanted to pay me about £4K a month but I told them to get fucked.
DJGummikuh
@GossiTheDog while I'd like to see X gone sooner rather than later, the payments are unrelated to him inciting violence. Someone is always paying someone, you could also claim that Tesla Drivers pay for the UK violence because they pay Tesla, Tesla pays Musk, Musk keeps Twitter afloat with his financial backing and Twitter shares ads. All links in this chain are clearly there, yet the value of this statement is questionable at best.
DJGummikuh
@GossiTheDog yes but the paying contract is regardless of what the content is about. I mean they would pay him even for posts that are completely irrelevant to the charges of inciting violence, as long as they drive engagement. He's a Twitter Influencer 🤷
DJGummikuh
@GossiTheDog yes. And that is (in my opinion) reason enough alone to flat out ban twitter from the european market for starters. But that again is unrelated to this individual guy receiving money for his content. On the scale of Twitter it's just statistics, keep in mind that the public safety teams were basically completely culled. I'm very certain that while Musk revels in the kind of crowd he is enabling, the actual company knows jack shit about anyone unless poked by the law.
The Tired Horizon
@GossiTheDog interesting how the far right are playing this. A lot of whatabouttery.. I mean, if this lot hadn't contributed to the problem then maybe the Police and Courts would have time to deal with those other cases.
Golding is leader of Britain First, a far right activist org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Golding
smeg
@GossiTheDog who exactly was paying him? From Twitter clicks, for being an "influencer"?
Steve Syfuhs
@GossiTheDog whether they'd *actually* pay you is a whole other thing
Kevin Beaumont
Tory politician's wife admits race hate post on X https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2910vrrygo
Kevin Beaumont
Chaser to that one btw:
James Forshaw :donor:
@GossiTheDog from the article "a sentencing hearing was postponed for a 12-year-old boy who admitted taking part in two separate incidents of disorder in Manchester because his mother had gone on holiday to Ibiza". Hmm I wonder what could possibly be the root problem of the boys misdeeds?
Kevin Beaumont
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