Russian trolls used Twitter to stir division over Islam in the UK, study finds
Demos found tweets addressing Islam during a period of terror attacks between March and June 2017 had been retweeted 25 times more often than other posts. Accounts engaged in the operation were affiliated with Russia’s Internet Research Agency, a group the U.S. Intelligence Community has labeled a troll farm. Social media giants including Twitter and […]
Neo-Nazi Neil Erikson Confused the Quran With the Bible
Neil Erikson, a far-right, anti-Islam activist and self-proclaimed neo-Nazi in Australia, picked up a copy of the Quran as he prepared to give sworn evidence under religious oath in court on Monday. Related: Bible Miraculously Didn’t Burn When an Evangelical Church Was Firebombed by Militants, Congregants Claim The court staff then pointed out his mistake, […]