Dozens of far-right social media accounts said to be spreading misinformation in Ireland

Dozens of far-right social media accounts are operated from Ireland, and some have as many as 40,000 followers. They spread misinformation and harass specific groups of people.

Hate Track report identified 6,000 incidents of ‘racially loaded’ and/or sexist ‘hate speech’ in a year, either on dedicated ideological websites or on platforms such as Facebook