Was fuelled in part by mis information, spread on social media about the alleged killer. Our disinformation correspondent, marianna spring, has tracked down some of the people behind one of the first posts publishing false information, and asked them why they did it. All this week, we ve been telling you a lot about how misinformation, false claims on social media, have been accused of fuelling riots in the uk. I ve been investigating where it s coming from and why it s being shared. One of the first pages to share false information about the southport tragedy was this unregulated news site called channel3 now. They wrote a story about the stabbings in southport and quickly posted it on social media. Some of the details were correct, but the name of the 17 year old charged was false and the article wrongly suggested that the alleged attacker was here seeking asylum. Nevertheless, it was widely quoted and shared, often by accounts posting disinformation and far right ideas. And because
Incident. It also falls into category one for harm, since people feared serious violence not only on that day but on subsequent days and that day but on subsequent days and that starting point for a category one a offence without the aggravating factor of racial aggravation is a high level community order with a range of up to 26 weeks imprisonment. Given the context and the background of this incident and others around the country, i would have placed this offence at the top of the range. I must now consider the level of racial or religious aggravation involved and apply an appropriate uplift to the sentence in accordance with the guidelines. I am careful not to double count. I find that racial or religious aggravation was the predominant motivation for the offence and you were associated with a group which was promoting hostility based upon colour, race, religion. In those circumstances, i will increase the starting point that i consider to be appropriate. As i have said, your positi
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Thousands of migrant children are being held in a camp in texas, which is ridden with disease, is insanitary and is lacking medical resources. An investigation by the bbc has revealed facility at fort bliss in el paso as grossly overcrowded. Children are sleeping several hundred to a tent, with shortages of clean clothes. Staff working there say that illnesses such as covid and flu have affected hundreds of children in recent months. Deep in the chihuahuan desert of west texas is a tented camp holding thousands of migrant children in conditions that are alarming. These are the camp s white tents. It s set in a military base. We weren t allowed near it but you can glimpse it from the road. There it is, there it is. It s just down there, behind these white buildings. These pictures are the world s first look inside. They were taken secretly by employees who are banned from filming or speaking about conditions. The tents are m
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Thousands of migrant children are being held in a camp in texas, which is ridden with disease, is insanitary and is lacking medical resources. An investigation by the bbc has revealed facility at fort bliss in el paso as grossly overcrowded. Children are sleeping several hundred to a tent, with shortages of clean clothes. Staff working there say that illnesses such as covid and flu have affected hundreds of children in recent months. Our correspondent hilary andersson sent this special report. Deep in the chihuahuan desert of west texas is a tented camp holding thousands of migrant children in conditions that are alarming. These are the camp s white tents. It s set in a military base. We weren t allowed near it but you can glimpse it from the road. There it is, there it is. It s just down there, behind these white buildings. These pictures are the world s first look inside. They were taken secretly by employees who are bann