Campaigners demand action on reporting of extremism in the mainstream press
False newspaper stories are fuelling far-right extremist activity online, media campaigners Hacked Off warn
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CAMPAIGNERS at Hacked Off wrote to Home Secretary Priti Patel today to demand that the government deal with the circulation of false newspaper stories among extremists online.
False stories published by mainstream newspapers are being widely shared and disseminated among neonazis and white supremacists online before any action is taken by the industry-controlled complaints-handler IPSO, according to the group’s recent report.
In sharing the stories, racist and hateful comments were often added, the report found. In one example, an explicit call to violence was included.
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