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Police referrals for far-right material online rocket by more than 40 percent
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POLICE have seen referrals for extreme far-right material online rocket by more than 40 per cent during the pandemic. 

So far this year a total of 3,000 pieces of suspected terrorist content have been flagged to the Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit compared to 2,796 in 2019 — a rise of around 7 per cent.

However the increase in far-right referrals has soared from 134 in 2019 to 192 between January 1 and November 20 this year – a rise of 43 per cent. 

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