Rumors of a ‘Global Day of Jihad’ Have Unleashed a Dangerous Wave of Disinformation

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Rumors of a ‘Global Day of Jihad’ Have Unleashed a Dangerous Wave of Disinformation
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Rumors of a ‘Global Day of Jihad’ Have Unleashed a Dangerous Wave of Disinformation::The rapid spread of violent videos and photos, combined with a toxic stew of mis- and disinformation, now threatens to spill over into real-world violence.

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Here we go again. The pea brains will run with this fear mongering and the instigators will sneak in laws and policies to "protect us"

A teacher has been murdered in France yesterday by an Islamist, how is that?

Yeah ok. In the same period of time the cops in the US killed ten times as many civilians. So let's worry about that ten times more.

The French might not be as worried about what cops do in the US as what happens in their own country