- Anti-migrant and anti-Muslim hate on Telegram spiked by 246% and 276% respectively after the Southport attack, with violence calls peaking on August 4 and 5.
- Anti-Muslim slurs on X doubled, with over 40,000 posts and nearly five million hashtag views in the ten days following the attack.
To evaluate the extent of online hate targeted at Muslims and migrants following the Southport attack, Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) and CASM gathered nearly 45,000 messages from 55 British far-right Telegram channels. Analysts discovered that:
- In the ten days following the Southport attack, anti-migrant hate on Telegram rose by 246% and anti-Muslim hate by 276%.
- Calls for violence against Muslim and migrant communities peaked on 4 and 5 August.
- On X, the use of anti-Muslim slurs more than doubled in the ten days after the Southport attack, with over 40,000 posts containing one or more of these terms.
- Anti-Muslim sentiment was also spread on X via hashtags, which collectively received almost five million views.
- The first mentions of #TwoTierKeir on X were made by an account with under 1,000 followers on 31 July in response to Keir Starmer’s statement that far-right rioters would face serious law enforcement consequences.
- Between 31 July and 8 August, the hashtag was mentioned nearly 45,000 times by over 12,000 unique authors and seen over 100 million times.
Anti Muslim slurs doubled in the UK since the Southport attack
