lofthouse
Monday 18th November 2024 7:56pm
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Quote: Chappers @ 18th November 2024, 7:36 PM
I agree with Aaron.
Nobody DARES to insult him. I've moved out of a London borough a a consequence.
Racist online abuse directed at Sadiq Khan is forecast by the end of 2023 to be at its highest in three years, a new study claims.
An analysis produced by City Hall found Mr Khan has already received about 170 per cent more race-related abuse this year than he had by this point in 2022.
It says that over the total course of 2023, Mr Khan is "on track" to receive over 20,000 racist or racialised "abuse mentions" on social media, which would be the most in any year since 2020, when 17,690 such mentions were recorded.
The study also states that the amount of race-related abuse the mayor has received that mentions the Ultra low emission zone (Ulez) or air quality policies has increased "exponentially" in recent months.
City Hall has said at least 317,736 racist and racialised abuse messages mentioning Mr Khan have been sent since 2016.
The study's authors add: "If we were to widen our search criteria to include other types of abuse, then we'd be looking at much larger numbers (closer to a million messages)."