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James Thomas

No, Europe is not selling 'anti-rape' underwear

Far-right figures and other social media users are sharing a clip which they wrongly claim shows a new European-developed brand of "anti-rape" underwear.

The X posts, such as one by British far-right activist Tommy Robinson, attempt to whip up xenophobic sentiment by suggesting that Europe is bringing in the underwear to protect women from immigrants, rather than closing its borders or stopping migration from the "third world".

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