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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tom Watling

Fake AI images stoking anti-immigration protests outside hotels

AI-generated images portraying Muslims as a threat are helping to stoke anti-immigration protests outside hotels in Britain, research published by MPs has suggested.

A submission to the House of Commons home affairs committee, which is investigating new forms of extremism, found far-right accounts have been spreading manipulated images online that reinforce racist stereotypes. These included depictions of Muslims carrying guns or wearing suicide vests.

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