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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maroosha Muzaffar

Musk’s X ‘amplified Islamophobia, hate speech and disinformation’ in grooming gangs debate, damning report says

Elon Musk and his platform X played a central role in amplifying Islamophobic narratives around grooming gangs in the UK, a damning new report has said.

The Centre for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) said X had become a “high-velocity distribution channel” for hate speech and conspiracy theories, particularly targeting British-Pakistani men and other South Asian and immigrant communities.

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