How ‘verified accounts’ on X fuelled far-right riots in the UK

Lopes Buarque, B. (19 November 2025) How ‘verified accounts’ on X fuelled far-right riots in the UK. Media@LSE.
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LSE’s Beatriz Lopes Buarque explains how her research into the role of X in the UK riots of summer 2024 indicated that accounts that had been ‘verified’ by the platform played a significant part in spreading content that incited violence.
Item Type Blog post
Copyright holders © 2025 The Author(s)
Date Deposited 09 Jan 2026
URI https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/130557

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