How Telegram fosters online extremism
The under-regulated platform lacks transparency. The Southport riots remind us why this matters.
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I went to face down rioters but was confronted by my own fame instead
In countering the fash I felt the years roll away.
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Violence against women and girls is a deeper problem than politicians realise
All parents worry about their children from time to time, but now it feels different.
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Why the far right has turned on the press
Recent unrest in England has revealed that intimidation, assault and abuse of journalists is on the rise.
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We must break up the tech platforms that threaten our democracy
We are prisoners of a global online panopticon that knows more about us than we do.
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The parallels between riots in the UK and Ireland are alarming
Since last November’s violence in Dublin, the country’s temperature has changed entirely.
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The history of English rioting repeats itself
Periods of unrest in England are nothing new – and it’s unlikely they will end in 2024.
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A rediscovery of who we are
The new Labour government must do better than just delivering a more efficient immigration system.
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England in pieces
Keir Starmer has imposed order after the riots. But now he must lead a national renewal.
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Understanding England’s anarchy
We must condemn these lawless riots – but we must also confront the anger behind them.
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Has the French civil war crossed the Channel?
French rioters have ballot-box representation; English rioters have no leader.
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Keir Starmer’s Elon Musk problem
The rancour of X’s digital square has spilled on to the English high street.
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Conservatives don’t know what to say about the far-right riots
It shouldn’t be hard for the party of law and order to come up with a line on a subject…
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How did rioting constituencies vote?
It is wrong to assume the Reform vote maps on easily to rioting constituencies.
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Is cocaine driving the British riots?
Easy highs have become a national addiction.
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Social media has turned the riots into a spectacle
The former chief Crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal reveals how technology has both hurt and helped the state.
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Former Chief Prosecutor: “We’ve forgotten about those three little girls”
Nazir Afzal was a chief crown prosecutor in 2011 during the August riots.
The far right’s cynical rage
Labour is right to be worried about the threat of digitally stoked populism.
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How disinformation turned Southport’s tragedy into violence
Riots leave social platforms with "questions to answer"
We cannot let the Southport stabbings be used to incite hatred
It is disgusting that anyone would use the violent murder of three young girls to further their own divisive political…
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