Far-right Facebook groups are engine of radicalisation in UK, data investigation suggests

Network exposes hundreds of thousands of Britons to racist language, conspiracy and disinformation, Guardian research indicatesInside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas growA network of far-right Facebook groups is exposing hundreds of thousands of Britons to racist and extremist disinformation and has become an “engine of radicalisation”, a Guardian investigation suggests.Run by otherwise ordinary members of the public – many of whom are of retirement age – the groups are a hotbed of hardline anti-immigration and racist language, where online hate goes apparently unchecked.Additional reporting by Olivia Lee and Carmen Aguilar García. Continue reading...

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