{"id":150537,"date":"2020-07-09T22:22:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T22:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/extremists-exploit-pandemic-to-spread-hatred-in-uk-report-finds\/"},"modified":"2020-07-09T22:22:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T22:22:45","slug":"extremists-exploit-pandemic-to-spread-hatred-in-uk-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/extremists-exploit-pandemic-to-spread-hatred-in-uk-report-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Extremists exploit pandemic to spread hatred in UK, report finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

The coronavirus pandemic has increased the spread of dangerous conspiracy theories in Britain, the U.K. governments Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) warned.<\/p>\n

According to a report<\/a> published by the CCE on Thursday, the pandemic has increased the visibility of anti-vaccine, anti-5G and anti-minority conspiracy theories, and spurred the proliferation of far-right, far-left and Islamic extremism.<\/p>\n

The report highlighted a 21 percent increase in hate crime toward East Asian and South East Asian individuals in the U.K. since the pandemic started, and \u201ca worrying rise\u201d in hate crime and incidents targeting Chinese people. According to the report, far-right individuals have also encouraged others to deliberately infect Jews and Muslims with the virus.<\/p>\n

Extremists have \u201cfully exploited the lockdown to promote dangerous conspiracy theories and disinformation, most notably online,\u201d said Lead Commissioner Sara Khan in a statement. \u201cThey seek to mainstream extremist narratives in society, for the sole purpose of inciting hatred \u2026 and a breakdown in community cohesion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CCE said a false social media post accusing Muslims of flouting lockdown rules was shared 2,700 times, while social media companies didnt take action on over 90 percent of posts containing misinformation after volunteers flagged them.<\/p>\n

The report noted the proliferation of the conspiracy theory<\/a> that 5G radiation causes coronavirus symptoms, noting that in April alone, around 50 5G masts were vandalized across the U.K.<\/p>\n

Islamic extremists have also used the pandemic to spread conspiracies on social media, such as accusing the government of attempting to use future vaccines to deliberately harm Muslims, and claiming the pandemic is a conspRead More \u2013 Source<\/a><\/p>\n

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