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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jessica Elgot and Jessica Murray

Viral hate campaign targeted Dudley teacher after fake racist video shared

A sign saying POLLING STATION attached to a white lorry with Dudley metropolitan borough council on its door outside a polling station with houses in background
Labour said a digital forensics firm found the video of the teacher, who was campaigning for its mayoral candidate in the 2 May election, had been manipulated. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters

A teacher was subject to a viral hate campaign after a manipulated video of her campaigning for Labour falsely implied she had used racist language.

The video, taken on a Ring doorbell in Dudley, used subtitles to suggest the woman had used a slur against Pakistani people. It went viral on social media and was promoted by Akhmed Yakoob, the independent candidate who came third in the West Midlands mayoral elections.

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