Fuelling Hate: One year after the UK riots, X still lets abuse spread
X is still failing to remove rule-violating anti-Muslim/anti-migrant calls for violence a year after the riots.
About this research
This original report draws on content analysis, with research spanning one country.
- Publication
- Original report · 29 pages
- Research approach
- content analysis
- Geographic focus
- United Kingdom
- Reported study scale
- six accounts · 4,379 posts
Publication details prepared by Social Media Transparency from the original source.
Executive summary
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One year after the 2024 UK summer riots, CCDH revisited the X accounts of six influencers identified at the time as amplifying anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hate — Tommy Robinson, Paul Golding, Ashlea Simon, Laurence Fox, Andrew Tate, and Calvin Robinson — to assess whether meaningful enforcement action had followed.
Researchers found that all six accounts remained active on the platform, several retaining X Premium status, and identified 4,379 posts across these accounts promoting violence against Muslims and migrants that appear to violate X's own policies prohibiting incitement to violence.
The report concludes that X has taken minimal action against accounts with a documented history of stoking real-world unrest, quoting CCDH's CEO describing the platform as a persistent hub for hateful incitement. It warns that without stronger platform enforcement or external regulatory intervention, the pattern of unchecked hate speech risks fueling further violence.
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